RepresentationGender & Age

By Chelsea Miller

Gender My magazine generally portrayed images of females. The images I used

represented the females as quite seductive, fashionable, confident and

strong which draw the target audience in. Adding to this, the models

used in the images portray a friendly and informal format to the

magazine.The cover artist is represented as quite seductive through the ‘sexy’ facial expressions which are shown; for example: through sucking a lollipop this could be an very flirtatious innuendo which presents sex appeal. This specifically draws the male audience in!

Women are

represented as

fashionable and

sexy in my

magazine. This is

because models

wear up-to-date

clothes which are

currently on-

trend. However,

through wearing

these clothes the

artists are

represented as

sexy due to the

lack of clothing

which is worn

which portrays sex

appeal.

Females in RnB magazines are stereotypically

presented as strong and confident. So the model

in my magazine are presented in a stance which

makes them see strong. Along with this, the facial

expressions which are shown also add to the

confidence.

On my double page spread my

article was about to rappers

having a battle. So I decided to

use an image to show this. This

violence is conventional to the

RnB/Hip-Hop genre and

represents females as quite

strong and independent.

Age

The cover artists in my magazine are represented as ‘teenagers’ through the use

of clothing/image and language.

The cover artists’ age is represented

through the clothing/costume in

which they wear. This is through

presenting the models as fashionable

due to them wearing on-trend

clothes which relates to them being

aged around 16-20.

In the double page spread, age

is identified through the use of

language. Stereotypically,

teenagers tend to use ‘slang’

and profanity types of

language. So, using phrases

such as ‘best bud’ and ‘love me

or hate me’ represents the

teenage age of the cover artists

which relate to the target

audience.

Also, on the front cover words such

as ‘gangster’ are used in the

coverlines. These types of words are

slang and therefore conventional to

the genre and target audience.

They also stereotypically represent

the age of 16-10 year olds who

frequently use this jargon.