Q2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

During the process of designing my magazine I clearly knew what I wanted my product to look like and what audience it would be aimed at. I wanted to target an older and more mature audience of pop and R&B, so I researched a variety of artist that would feature in my magazine and which I should take influence from. Through researching, which you can see at the beginning of my blog, I have found that artist now are bringing a more mature feel to the pop industry and are taking more risk with their music, their video and in their publicity stuns. They are now producing music to appeal to an older social groups aged 16+. Through my research I have been mainly influenced by the likes of Miley Cyrus, who have grown into a more matured artist and have changed their image to suit an older audience.

So when it came to shooting pictures for my magazine, designing the layout and writing the article for the DPS I tried to recreate this type of artist who represent this type of genre of music. I have based my model on past magazines featuring the major artist that have been responsible for making the pop industry more mature. The model I have used and their outfit I have been influence by Miley Cyrus – with her front cover shoot. The front cover was influence by Lady GaGa’s front cover – who has changed reformed pop bringing an older and more mature feel to the genre. As my past post show I was also influenced by Rhianna as she aims herself towards an older audience. All these artist portray themselves to be more risqué  pop artists.

The feature sections represents a particular social group I am trying to address. The readers with the social group that like more mature story lines about the older and more mature artists.