1. What Does Representation Mean?
It is the description or portrayal of someone or
something in a particular way or as being of a certain
nature.

2. My Social Group
My magazine is aimed at and represents late teens and early adults, mainly
between the ages of 16-20. Its for people who are very interested in the music
industry such as what artists are out there and how they got there also if they
want to know more about alternative rock. My magazine also helps to aspire
young music artists and can give tips for people who wish to enter the world
of music. My magazine is aimed to appeal to a large audience and because
my target audience are the people who are most likely to buy music
magazines i believe that i would achieve this. Even though my magazine is
mainly alternative rock it does contain some aspects of other sub-genres as a
lot of them link together, this is an advantage as this then increases the target
audience even more. I believe that i have used a lot of factors that would
appeal and represent my social group such as colour schemes, text and
pictures. the pictures i have used are of teenagers and so this majority
represents my social group as they are able to relate to them and aspire.

3. Male and Female
My magazine appeal to both genders as it covers a wide range
of the genre rock, however the typical stereotype is that
rock music is more appealing to males, this is probably
because many well known rock artists are male. Despite
this I wanted my magazine to appeal to both genders, that is
why I used both male and female models. This way each
gender can aspire to be like the models shown (male or
female)

4. The Age Range
My age range is 16-20 year olds which is considered a more
mature age group, as I am in this range myself I am able to
speak for some of my target audience and I know that at
this age people are mostly invested in music and is a very
common interest amongst the age range, and you begin to
make decisions about what you want to do later in life, a
part of my magazine as seen on the contents page addresses
this as it shows my magazine aims to help people to
become what they want and gives them the message that if
you work hard enough you will succeed this impression is
also shown in my double page spread article.

5. Socio-economic factors
Many economic factors can affect a magazine as it can affect the social
group (target audience) I wanted my magazine to be available to a lot
of the people in my age range so it is mainly aimed at lower class, this
is why i made the magazine cheap (£1.50) this way it is easy for teens
to afford. Teenagers are well known not to have a lot of money mainly
because they may have no or only small part time jobs that do not pay
much and so i needed to make it easier for them to buy, when I did my
research on music magazines i noticed that a lot of them were highly
priced at around £4 even though some of them were aimed at teens,
this then affected sale as not many people could afford to spend that
much on a magazine when they are in full time education. Also on the
front I have included a badge which reads ''Win tickets'' this aspect I
think would appeal to the middle class as musical events is what most
of them are likely to go to.

6. Conclusion
Overall I believe I have been able to completely represent my
social group correctly as I have shown teens, them being
the band, that have put in a lot of effort and achieved there
ambition. The article contains information that can help my
social group to relate to them and aspire to achieve there
own goals.