The document summarizes how the media product, a rap/hip-hop music magazine, represents different social groups. It represents the working class through the genres of music featured and relatable lifestyle content. It represents youth and students through focusing on popular, upbeat music genres. It also potentially represents gangs as the magazine profiles a rap group that came from a deprived background and committed crimes before pursuing music, using some of the same slang language as gangs. Overall, the magazine aims its content and language at younger audiences from working class and educational backgrounds who enjoy the featured rap/hip-hop genres.

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How does your media product represent particular social groups?
My music magazine genre was based around Rap/Hip­Hop and aimed at a younger target
audience. This means that this magazine could represent different particular social groups.
Working­Class
The genre of music based in my magazine is typically listened to by working­class people. This
is because they live different lifestyles compared to middle or higher class people which could
affect their taste in music. This means that my music magazine represents the working­class
and perhaps what they are interested in from music types to hobbies and interests. My music
magazine contains content about rappers, daily lifestyle stories and free giveaways which could
attract the working­class people as they may have life problems which they can escape for
10­15 minutes by reading the lives of other artists and finding out what their lives are like.
My music magazine also represent the working­class from the clothing style and poses from my
main rap group on the front cover of my magazine. The three artists are posed with their hoods
up and covering their faces, which shows that they could have troubled personalities and
perhaps be violent as they are rappers. This means that working­class people may feel that they
can relate to the impressions that the rap group give out to the audience. This is because
younger troublemakers are known for being working­class rather than a higher class. The
language used in the magazine is very basic and not that complex. This means that it is certain
that the working­class will be able to read the magazine, as they may not have a developed use
of vocabulary.
College/Schools
The future generation is based on the youngsters of today, meaning that their tastes in music
are different to what perhaps another generation’s popular tastes were. The youth of today is
known as being a hyperactive group, meaning that they are into intimidating or upbeat music.
Seeing as the genre of my music magazine can be seen as intimidating, violent, or upbeat, it
means that my magazine represents the youth, who will be in some sort of education. This
means that my music magazine will represent the music genre taste that is popular throughout
schools and colleges, as if something is popular then it means that a lot of people are interested
in it. The language used in the magazine is not very formal and is basic and easy to understand.
This means that the younger group will be able to understand the language used as the
audience may not have a strong use of vocabulary as they are still in education.
Gangs
One particular group that my magazine may represent is gangs. My music magazine contains a
background story of my main rap group ​Kingz​, and due to their background coming from a
deprived area where they committed crimes and went on to make rap music, gangs may feel
that they can relate to the magazine. They may have committed the same activities and aspire
to be rappers in order to get a better life just like Kingz. This means that my magazine may

2. come across that it is promoting gang activity and violence, which may be a negative when
selling my media product. Gangs will use slang language to communicate with each other, and
in my double spread interview of Kingz, there is slang language used in quotes which represent
the gang style background that they have come from. This means that the language in the
magazine may relate to gangs meaning that they may be represented in my magazine.