Evaluation:- "How does your media product represent particular social groups?"

My magazine represents teenagers male and female aged around 15-21 in many social groups. Most teens today are seen to be just "lazy" by some dominant people, saying that teens just spend there time messing about in the streets and getting drunk. So to challenge that dominant ideology some people have, I decided to use teens in my magazine to prove people wrong and to show that not just all teens are the same and some have actual plans for the future. The teens in my magazine have been stereotyped as good, clever people who have made something of themselves and the teen generation by receiving a record contract. They are seen to be honest people who just love to play music to large audiences. The colours used in most media magazines today are quite dark because like kerrang, they are rebellious. whereas in my magazine, I wanted to share the same colours, as mine is a rock magazine like kerrang, but not be too rebellious in the colours that I choose. Also I wanted to use colours which showed that this magazine was for all male and female social groups.

The main picture on my front cover of the teenage girl challenges the dominant ideology of peoples beliefs, as they believe men are more dominant than females and they are only their to look pretty and to do jobs. This is not the case for the female on my front cover as she shows a more rebellious side to what others believe. This is shown in many ways including dress sense and posture. The pink hair, black top, the red and black striped gloves, holding an electric guitar shows the more dominant side of females. The posture of her aswell, not looking towards the camera shows the rebellious side and that she doesn't care about the dominant ideology men have.