Q2.How does your media product represent particular social groups?

By Karen Nguyen

COLOUR SCHEME: - I used the colour pink mainly through my whole MAGAZINE as it represent a female social group as my target audience are young girls I feel that the colour pink throughout my MAGAZINE I suitable for this social afro up and represents the feminist social group really well.

- additionally the many shades of pink used also represents  a teenage social group as teenage girls commonly like the colour pink as it's the first colour that they are stereotyped to when they are born with and through out there lives girls are usually associated with this colour.

- using little features such as stars that are bright yellow in colour also represent this females / girls which are my target audience as stars still represented as a feminine feature as it is light and soft like the ways females are represented.

- finally the colour white that is also used mostly through out the magazine is a neutral colour that can be used to represent both genders females and males. It can be said that certain aspects of my magazine can be targeted to males whereas females however it's is mainly aimed to female consumers.

IMAGES :- The images that I have used in my magazine represent a different social group to convents of other music magazine my magazine uses 'black' ethnic group which is seem as different and appeal more to that ethnic group which results in rather then just the normal 'white' audience my magazine is able to attract other ethnic groups. 

- The images also have not just female models also male models which may sometimes also attract the made social group to read magazine even thought males do not generally read 'pop' magazine. However if they see male roe models in a magazine it would attract a male social group to consume/ read the magazine more.

- Additionally, within my images the models are not always so formal some images within my throughout my music some images are informal and more fun to look at as it is a music magazine for young girls I felt that it would fit my audience more. So by the way the models are posing can also be attracted to different social groups as they are informal and not too formal it would attract more audiences.

 

FONT & TEXT:- the effect that I used through out my magazine that was developed on Photoshop was the effect that the fill 'inside' the text was a lighter/ different colour overall to the outline of the word. The effect that did on the text makes my magazine different as it stands out from normal texts of magazines.

- throughout my music magazine mainly for headings I used an effect to make the text seem more playful and fun to look at.  I did this to attract younger social groups as they are not usually formal so it reflects my target audience and also attracts young people that are mainly the social groups and target audience that I want to consume my magazine.