Q2 How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?

My Music magazine mainly focuses on a target audience of young teenage, urban readers who are interested in a genre of ‘New music’. I decided to relate my artists for my music magazine to ‘Go Go’ music because it is becoming very popular amongst the younger generation. My music magazine represents this particular social group by, firstly: The cover lines (about fashion and American and British music) the clothes worn by my models and the background to the pictures (creating an urban feel to the magazine). Due to the colours and layering of my music magazine I would say that the social groups the magazine mainly focuses on are teenagers who would buy this magazine for a cheaper price as shown from the results of my post production research shows that more 15-19 describe their style as ‘urban’ and chose that they liked the colours of my music magazine the most in comparison to the title or the artists it promotes.
Although my front cover headlines artist who promote rock/pop music as well as new school and R&B it familiarises with the bounds of teenagers and young adults.
When looking at Music magazines like ‘NME’ I can say that their magazines represent a social group of people who listen to music such as punk rock, indie, pop and it promotes many American artists as well as British. In this case the target audience for this magazine would be to people aged 16-25 who listen to this type of music. This is the same case with magazines like ‘Rolling stone’ whose target audience would be people who would know a lot about music and film. This magazine in particular connotes American music culture and therefore would promote well known American artists.