How does your media product represent different social groups?

What social groups have I represented?

• I feel my magazine represents quite a gangster style social group on the contents and cover page, with the Double Page Spread (DPS) being a more glamour-girl social group.

Representing ‘Gangsta’ on the cover• I think one way how I have achieved this representation is through the

masthead. The content of the masthead (the word ‘Moosik’) is often associated with how they pronounce the word ‘Music’ thus representing the social group. Also based on my research from ‘The Source’ who does represent the same social group, the font choice on my masthead represents them because it is appealing to them.

• I don’t think this is a negative representation because it isn’t suggesting anything bad about them, but I don’t feel it’s a positive representation either because it’s not suggesting anything positive about them either.

Representing ‘Gangsta’ on the cover

• The photo on the front cover represents them in three different ways. The first is the look on her face- she looks quite intimidating and intimidation is common of ‘Gangsta’s’ and gangs. The second is through mise-en-scene, the fur clothing is clothing associated with ‘Gangsta’s’ and the third is the backdrop. An unclean brick wall is something else commonly associated with ‘Gangstas’.

• In some ways this is a negative representation of them. The intimidating look suggests a threat and this could threaten the public into not buying and could also cause them to think that ‘Gangsta’s’ are violent intimidating people because of how their represented here.

Representing ‘Gangsta’ on the contents

• The only representation of ‘Gangsta’ on the contents is the photo and this is through a Mise-En-Scene element of the photo. The location of the photo is outside a prison and this is a common connotation of Gangsters thus representing them.

• This is a negative representation because prison is a negative place and it makes the social group look like they’ve committed crime because the location is prison.

Representing ‘Glamour Girl’ on the DPS

• One of the ways this social group is represented on the DPS is the font on ‘Pretty Little’. The font choice connotes this type of woman, but also the colour pink is the main colour associated with this type of woman.

• This isn’t a positive or negative representation because it’s not suggesting anything good or bad.

Representing ‘Glamour Girl’ on the DPS

• Another way how this is represented is through mise-en-scene in the photo. The location is the studio and this is considered a glamour girl thing to do- for them to have their own studio shoot.

• This can be interpreted in a negative way as it suggests a vein persona because they want lots of photo’s of themselves taken which is quite vein.