Tuesday 10 May 2011

How does your media product represent particular social groups & who is the audience?

I believe my magazine is aimed a young girls, and you can see this through the color scheme and design. As my magazine is targeted at a much younger audience compared with your typical music magazine audience, i feel it is hard to select a specific psychographic group. However if i was to select a social group, i would probably choose ABC1. This is because this covers a wide class being Lower middle class, middle class and upper class.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms or conventions of real media products?

When i researched and looked into the type of magazine i would like to do, i found that most music magazines were aimed at an older audience and happened to be with in the genre of Rock. Music is creating for everyone to listen, so that is why i wanted to produce a children's music magazine, this will be a place where younger children (mainly girls) can talk about there favourite music or band. I feel creating a children's music magazine is hard and does challenge regular conventions of real media products, as stereotypically children - especially girls are interested in younger teen stars which may not appeal to everyone.