1. Q2. How does your media product
represent particular social groups?

5. My magazine represents a specific music subculture.
This is when groups of people have a ‘culture’ or in
this case a favourite music genre, which
differentiates them from the larger culture to which
they belong. Eg My magazine will not be bought by
pop music lovers because it does not appeal to that
specific target audience.

6. This means that my magazine, front cover, contents
page & double page spread must all appeal to
‘rockers’. Every aspect of the magazine must be clear
and precise and appeal to them. For instance cover
stories and even images.
This is the type of story
that would attract my
target audience because This is the type of images
a lot of rock bands tour that appeal to a rock
and have concerts and audience because this is a
gigs. So this would keep rock singer.
them up to date on the
music world.

7. Another way in which my magazine appeals to rockers is the
colour scheme. ‘rockers’ are stereotyped to like dark colours
and so my music magazine will attract them as the colours
used are dark and this matches to what they like and look for.
This was also proven from my questionnaire and audience
feedback. Also these colours connote rock, so if my magazine
was pink and bright coloured it might be mistaken for a Pop
magazine and therefore be bought by the wrong target
audience.

8. Another way in which my magazine
represents particular social groups is the
stories. The cover stories inside the magazine
and shown on the front cover are specific to
bands in the rock genre. Therefore it will
appeal to rock social groups as this is what
they know and love. People who do not like
rock music will not know what the magazine is
advertising and therefore will know the
magazine is not targeted at them.

9. One other way in which the magazine appeals
to a particular group is the images it contains.
There are no photographs of people who do
not look like they enjoy rock music. The
images used all connote either the stereotype
look of rock or are of rock bands/gig tickets. If
the magazine was to show an Indie band then
rock music lovers would not want to read it or
think it appealed to them.