Evaluation Question 2 - Draft

2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I think my media product represents the particular social groups of my target audience which I had revolved my music magazine around. The age, 16-25, is who I aimed my magazine around through the use of the images as my band members, Brad and Alfie are both 17 year olds which shows the teenage life of these two characters but also would show the life other band members who are around the same age. As I had completed extensive research in order to find out more information about the indie genre but also the band members which I included on my magazine and what my audience’s interests were. With my audience profiles showing what my audience’s interests were for male and female, I could see what they would like to be featured on my magazine by seeing what they were in to individually. As I carried out the things which may interest them to buy my magazine, my magazine would be more popular as I focused on a specific group instead of focusing on a range of people as the audience may not want to buy it as it covers information from different genres of music. After completing research, I had found out that fashion was an important factor within the music industry as people look at the way you are dressed and in a music magazine, it will feature images of the band members which I had to ensure that they were dressed in a suitable manor which would suit the genre of music as I couldn’t have 2 band members who make music in the Indie genre but then have them dressed as members of the hip hop genre as they wouldn’t suit the music which they were singing. I based my band members on the Indie genre along with artists such as Rat Boy, The Slaves and other artists. The way which my artists were dressed compared to other artists can instantly be seen as the genre they are representing through the music which they make.

Overall, my music magazine signifies the indie music genre as cool, fun people. This is shown through the photoshoot which took place in order to show the audience the band members having fun whilst being photographed. My target audience mainly attracts men due to the type of band members which the magazine focuses around as they are seen as amusing and entertaining but suits both genders when focusing on information or events which are upcoming.