Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My magazine represents mainly the younger audience ages 14 - 25 mainly males who are middle/lower class

I priced my magazine at £2.99 which would represent to the younger audience as college students/ teenagers do not have a lot of spare cash.  Also people who listen to Dubstep would be stereotypically described as middle/lower class people. £2.99 was the common price which people would be willing to pay according to my questionnaire.

The name of my magazine was a direct mode of address to the genre of music “Dubstep” as a lot of Dubstep artist compete to get the best “drop” , its also easy to pronounce and quite snappy. This made the name memorable as possible, “TheDrop” and would be remembering by teenagers and college students. Secondly Dubstep is more listened to by the male audience so therefore I took a masculine approach to the magazine. I did this by using a taking a masculine colour scheme “Black and white” and using it throughout the magazine. The main image is a male Dubstep artist and he is used throughout the magazine. He is around the age of 18 and a lot of teenagers today idolise male artists and therefore is good approach to present him on the magazine. The fact he is presented in casual clothes may invite the readers into the magazine as the readers may feel they are similar to him and would therefore be involved deeper with the magazine. I also used emotive language such as “Exclusive” and “best” to draw teenage people into the magazine as they would want to be the first to know the music news.

The language used was quite relaxed and informal also I used bold eye-catching fonts to direct the reader around the magazine which makers it easier to understand. The magazine on the contents and front cover is easy at quick to read this then prepares them for the main article as a lot of college students to not have the time to read a lot of text.