How does your media
product represent particular social groups?
Main Artist - My
magazines featured artist and band are all white which is quite common in rock
magazines. Unlike most bands that are featured in real magazines “Full Metal
Repertoire” has “Ally C” one of the few female musicians featured in which is
unlike rock magazines and more common with pop magazines. They are shown as young
millennials showing them to be “silly”, “messy” and “crazy” Holding the guitar
as if it was a gun, undone shirts and messy ties all helps give a chaotic look
so when the audience sees them they associate the “young person” stereotype to
them. This representation of the social group of Musicians is similar to
magazines like “Kerrang!” when they feature bands like Green Day and Blink 182
frontman Mark Hoppus looking at the camera immaturely.
Featured Artists – All
of the people featured on the magazine are musicians and the magazine mentions
Donald Trump. Some are famous names likes Bowie and My Chemical Romance voicing
their opinions on relevant issues and quite a lot of musicians are represented
stating their political agenda such as Green Day in the Rolling Stone. Some of
the lesser known artists like “George Brooks” and “Ben Semmens” are not being
represented badly but aren’t being shown as positive either.
No one featured on the magazine is necessarily
represented badly, this is similar to Kerrang where it focuses positively on
the artist unlike some like MTV where they would have harsh critiques of the
artist and represent them negatively.
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