Qu2.How does your media product

represent particular social groups?

What is representation?

Representation is basically how something has been re-presented. It is the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way or as being of a certain nature. In the following slides I have analysed my 3 pages and have shown the different representations of the different people within my products. I have explored the different stereotypes of groups of people, gender, age, clothing, mise-en-scene and mode of address. Here is a quick overall summary of the representation of social groups in my 3 documents:

-The gender of all the people in my pages are males.

-They all wear quite fashionable, bright clothing.

-The age range ranges from about 15-30.

-The images are all positive and ‘fun’.

-The images portray the stereotype of guys in the pop music industry.

Who is being represented?My media products are representing the pop genre. Throughout my 3 products I have used my brother as the main model. I have also used some of my images of some male pop artists that I have seen. This is helping to attract to my target audience more, and clearly shows that it is a pop magazine. Throughout the 3 documents, I have got my model to wear quite boyband style clothing. This could be quite stereotypical, but I think the clothing I have used throughout my three documents is suitable for my magazine. I carried out research on what people in boybands and males in the pop industry wear, I have gone with the ordinary stereotype, and think that it make my magazine documents have an overall positive feel to them.

I have got my model wearing a cardigan, v-neck, jumpers, polo shirt and skinny jeans, making him suit more and helping to attract my target audience of female teenagers. All of the images I have used, the ages of the people range from about 15-30. Some of the male pop artists I have included images of are: Olly Murs, Jason Derulo, Chipmunk, Tom from The Wanted and Aston from JLS. All the clothing is quite colourful, making each of the images more ‘fun’ and eye catching to the reader.

I have cut round most of my images that I have included, making them have a clear white background. One image I left as a small thumbnail and you can clearly see it is taken at a concert by all the equipment in the background. I think by including some of my images from concerts I have been to it helps to make my documents more varied and interesting as they are real music celebrities. All of the images that I have included are of males, which makes my magazine appeal more to girls. All the images are quite ‘fun’ and overall are quite positive.

Representation within my front cover…

My model is represented as being quite ‘fun’ and happy, by his facial expression. He is represented as being quite laid back by his positioning. The image has a positive feel to it, which helps to encourage people to pick up my magazine. My model is dressed fairly smartly, he is wearing jeans, polo shirt and cardigan, which help to connote the pop genre as he is dressed like in boyband style clothing. He is seen as being very relaxed and I think the blue stripes on the cardigan work really well.

These are some of my pictures from t4otb 2011. In two of the pictures the guys are topless, this is represented them as being quite revealing, and is helping to attract my target audience more. They are all holding microphones, which shows that it has been taken at a concert. Jason Derulo is ripping his vest of, representing him as being quite revealing and confident.

Representation within my contents page…

This image is of Aston from JLS, it was taken at Escot Park. He is wearing a low cut top, showing off his chest. In the image, he is seen as being quite revealing and relaxed.This image is of Olly Murs, his clothing is quite colourful, representing him as being ‘fun’ and interesting. It has a really positive feel to it and I really like this image.

This image is of my brother again. He is in different boyband like clothing and again is smiling and happy.

This image is of Chipmunk. He is also holding a microphone, showing that the image has been taken at a concert. His clothing is quite bright so it stands out a lot. He is a different race, showing the diversity between all the pop artists.

This image is of Tom from The Wanted. I really like this image. It represents him as being like very passionate about music by his position and facial expression. I think that the colour blue is a very common colour within the clothing of the pop artists.

Representation within my DPS…In this image my model is smiling and again is being represented as being ‘fun’ and interesting. In this image, he is wearing a v-neck jumper, it is more revealing, and the fact he is pulling down his top slightly shows a different side to him. My model has brown flicky hair, I think this as well as the clothing I have used represents pop and boybands. Many boy in pop boybands seem to hair long fringes with flicky fringes, so I think that my model works well in my magazine. He suits well with all the other male pop artists I have included and doesn’t stand out as not fitting in.

Overall, throughout all 3 of my documents, I have used images of all males of a variation of different ages. They all have a positive, ‘fun’, interesting feel to them and suit well to the pop genre. The clothing of each person is all very stereotypical as to what guys in boybands and the pop industry would wear, like v-necks, shirts, cardigans, skinny jeans etc.