how does your media product represent particular social groups

When forming my end product I was very conscience of the audience that i was trying to appeal to. I wanted this magazine to catch the attention of the younger audience, and so attempted to make the cover and pages more inticing to the younger generation's eye. This is because it is more likely that younger people will be more willing to want to learn guitar. I don't want to make the magzine look too immature though as people in thier 20's would still be interested by the prospect of learning how to pla the guiatr.I kept the layout for the front cover quite simplistic and informative as teenagers with a short attention span are just going to glance at covers hoping to be interested by a title or article within the magazine.

I think that my cover represents dominant ideology as it features is a man with a guitar, and the fonts and styles used are typically recogognised at being aimed at men. They're big, bold and catch your eye. Not much attention has been paid to making them appear attractive as these fonts are designed to inform. The man featured on the front cover is displaying typical male attributes as well, he appears aggressive and controlling by his facial expressions and body language. He is violently grabbing the guitar and assuming an authoritive pose. The background is black and some of the text is red, these colours are very threatening and masculine. It wasn't a direct aim of mine to make this cover particularly appealing to the male majority of a teenage audience but the devices i used have done so.

The centre spread represents emergent ideology in that it is aimed more specificly at women, this brings forward the idea of women being equal to men and how they can do everything men do. Men would always be thought of as the more active of the genders, and women were the figures that stayed home. Playing the guitar is something that used to be a fairly male dominated talent but now more and more females are becoming interested in adopting this skill. Guiatr players are normally dominantly represented by men and there has been an absent representation of the portrayal of women in this field. I think it is important when making a magazine about a subject which is becoming more neutral amongst the genders to make the spread appealing to both men and women as well.

In terms of trying to appeal to people within a certain class system i have tried to make the magazine fairly universally appealing. The models i have used are your every day teenager or young person in general, they're wearing simplistic clothing and don't posess anything glamourous in the photos. The models look ordinary and make the magazine more appealing to people as they can easily imagine themselves being like these people.