Evaluation - Question 2

   Today, I answered question 2 of my evaluation. 'How does your media product represent particular social groups?'

None of the people in my magazine are over 18 and this is shown through the images I have used. This is especially shown in my double page spread where I have three teenagers shown and they are messing and not being serious like they are stereotypically supposed to be. They are also shown to be teenagers through their clothing choices. The girl is wearing jeans and a superman t-shirt which is common among teenagers. The boys are also seen wearing casual clothing. In the contents page there is also teenagers there and I’ve shown this by editing the hair colours of two of the girls. Bright coloured hair attracts more attention which is another stereotype of teenagers- that they want attention. Teenagers are also represented in the dialogue in the article as the speech is casual and there are some swearwords.

My magazine isn’t gender specific, but it does have mainly girls included in it. This is because more males tend to listen to the rock genre, so by including females on the cover it makes women feel more included. But the women shown in my magazine don’t fit the gender roles. The two girls featured in the main photos for the double page spread and the front cover both have short hair, which isn’t very stereotypical. They also wear quite masculine clothes. The two males shown in my magazine aren’t shown in serious poses, which is what magazines usually do. Their dialogue in the article shows them tagging behind the female member in their made up band ‘Heart over soul.’