How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I think my magazine does represent a particular social group, this is because it features very mainstream bands, my magazine i think appeals to more indie and pop-punk fans due to the bands featured. Although this is very stereotypical there are features of my magazine that indicate this. For example my masthead font is broken up and scratched away. This encodes the magazine is gritty and represents that is could be an older sticker that has partly scratched away - like on a girls mirror or a guitar. The images that are also on my front cover look like they have been put in frames and thrown onto a desk, this represents mess, and the pop-punk stereotypical person is messy, and tends to have a messy room.
I think my magazine does represent a particular social group, this is because it features very mainstream bands, my magazine i think appeals to more indie and pop-punk fans due to the bands featured. Although this is very stereotypical there are features of my magazine that indicate this. For example my masthead font is broken up and scratched away. This encodes the magazine is gritty and represents that is could be an older sticker that has partly scratched away - like on a girls mirror or a guitar. The images that are also on my front cover look like they have been put in frames and thrown onto a desk, this represents mess, and the pop-punk stereotypical person is messy, and tends to have a messy room.
Representations can be read in different ways, depending on who is reading it, however the reader is not supposed to know that the representations are there. For example the bright colours on my front cover appeal to those people who are more lively and 'bright' themselves, like punks may find this magazine appealing just because of the house style colours used.
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