How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Using casual language to appeal to the younger generations

In my media product young people have been represented in the use of language I have chosen:

A lot has changed since David McCaffrey first began singing, and today I have come to the city of York to visit David in the place where it all began. His new album Stars has been a major success since it's release earlier this month, giving his career a huge kick-start. And here at Indisputable we have managed to score the first interview with David to find out more about it.

Using sporting terms to appeal to the sport loving males

No adjectives used to get straight to the point, meeting the needs of the target audience

The word “kick-start” is associated with a lot of energy, and would appeal to young generations

In my media product both males and females have been represented in the use of colours I have chosen, as well as this some

of the colours have been chosen to fit in with the types of people that read Indie music magazines:

The purple I have chosen, although slightly more female oriented, is a shade that would appeal to both genders.

The purple I have chosen, although slightly more female oriented, is a shade that would appeal to both genders.

I chose to use black as one of the main colours in my colour scheme as it is commonly used in Indie music magazines as a base colour.

Class and Ethnicity

By using the rough edges on the boxes it appeals to my middle class target audience, who like the rough and ready look, and have pride in being from poorer, less stable backgrounds.

My magazine represents the typical white, teenage, Indie genre by using photographs of white Indie people. Although the genre does not only appeal to white people, the area I live in (York), has very few ethnic minorities, making it harder for me to include photographs of Indie teenagers of all ethnic backgrounds.

e.g. bands like Rizzle Kicks