How does your media product represent particular social groups?

When writing up my media product I had to be sure that I made the language I used was informal and chatty, this is because my target audience is 15-18 year olds. If were to make my writing (such as letter from the editor and the double page spread) formal my audience would lose interest as it would appear to be boring and would feel like a chore to read, so I kept my language choices modern and chatty. This will intrigue the reader and will make them feel a part the writing keeping their attention on what is being said rather than the reader simple flicking through and looking at all the pictures.

I also tired to divert away from the typical stereotypes of teenagers by making the front cover eye catching and bright but not chaotic and full of unnecessary images and text. I wanted my media product to be more sophisticated as this will make the reader feel more sophisticated reading the magazine while still being entertained by the articles in the magazine.

Also the idea of my magazine being a mixed music genre magazine makes it harder to focus on a particular social group in which teenagers would categorise themselves in. So my aim was to appeal to all the social groups and I did this by not focusing on a style of music but including many different bands.

The kind of teenagers I would be addressing are those of a middle/working class origin this is because of the price of my magazine is something affordable by a majority of the public, therefore making my product successful because it is affordable. Also they would teenager who consider themselves as ‘unbranded’ they don’t consider themselves as part of a social group like ‘chavs’ or ‘punk’ or ‘emo’ they are simply themselves. This is because if they belong to a particular social group their music taste because limited to certain bands and artists, this is why my media product is mixed genre magazine because most teenagers today don’t class themselves as a anything but themselves and without a label to held too their music tastes seem broader.

The kind of lifestyle wouldn’t be reflected in the magazine because I’m trying to be broad with my audience and becoming relatable in the text by being chatty and referring to things that all teenagers would/are going through and in some cases what they wish they were going through.

I would make sure that my media product is enjoyed by most teenagers that have a mixed taste in music.