Evaluation Activity 2

Question:

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The social group that my media product represents is the urban group. I go into depth about the different social groups in and earlier post which can be read here.

However I'll explain some of the characteristics of this social group in brief. The urban social catorgary tend to listen to Hip-Hop and Rap music which is known to be one of the most influential music genres. This is a main reason why there are many in this social group.

To begin with in my front cover the picture represents the social group as the picture shows the male artist wearing a snap-back hat and a baseball jacket which is a popular choice of clothing for those within this social group.  

Here is an example of a role model within the urban social group. This is Rapper Jay Z, as you can see his clothing style is mostly with a snap-back hat and accessories such as a ring, watch and a chain. 

This is another role model for this social group. This is rapper Tinie Tempah, as you can see he is shown wearing a baseball jacket and clear glasses with a black frame.

The picture in my front cover clearly shows the representation of this social group. The picture does this by the clothing, the model is wearing a snap-back hat, baseball jacket, black-framed clear glasses, and a curb chain.:

 

In my contents page, I have two pictures. There is one picture of Vapourtwist and Kav:

 

The picture of Kav (top right), is a close up of his face. The picture is desaturated but has the clothing in colour. The picture shows the artist winking at the camera which gives the picture some humor which is used other magazine but rarely used in magazines that target the urban genre. However i  brought some humor into my magazine picture making it unique.

 

The same sort of image is used in my double page spread to show that this social group have good humor and aren't like how other people would think they are: