2. What does it mean to represent?
The description or portrayal of someone or
something in a particular way or as being of a
certain nature.
3. My Social Group
My magazine mostly represents teenagers/young adults
between the ages of 16-20 who would like to know more
about the country genre. In some ways my magazine targets
teens who are wanting to enter the music industry
themselves and those who just enjoy listening to music. I
wanted my magazine to appeal to a larger range of young
people because I wanted to show everyone how diverse the
genre can be and how it has changed through time to a more
modern way. In order to bring the magazine into currents
times I had to choose my model, colouring schemes and
layout carefully but I still wanted to keep the typical country
theme in the magazine.
4. Gender
Even though any genre of music could appeal to either gender
I wanted my magazine to be more female based. Even
though you would tend to use a female model in a male
based magazine because of the attraction I wanted to use a
female because readers would aspire to be them which
would appeal to my target audience. I wanted my model to
dress fairly naturally so that my audience could relate to
being like her and make them feel that they are like her in
some sense, from research I learn't that this is what they
prefer.
5. Teenage Life.
Typically teenagers seem to like to talk and read about
general life and in ways I wanted my magazine to be
able to relate to this through music. I did this
particularly in my double page spread interview
where the model had to answer questions. Having
her talk about her life before and after fame would
be easy to relate to for my target audience because at
the ages of 16-20 they are at the stage of career
choices, and I would hope that this article would
help them achieve their goals.
6. The Age Range.
My target audience is aged between 16-20 (I am in this age
range myself) and I know personally that it is in this point in
your life when you have to start making big decisions, and I
wanted to make this connected to music in my magazine. I
wanted this magazine to show that no matter what you want
to do it is possible if you work hard (as cliché as it may be) I
think my target audience would be interested in this because
they would have a lot of pressure on them so they would be
looking for somewhere with advice.
7. Socio-Economic Groups.
Having different economic groups and classes can effect an
audience on what they read and what they buy so I wanted my
magazine to appeal to mainly middle and some lower class.
Firstly I made my price £1.50 (extremely cheap I know) but this
was so that everyone could get introduced to the magazine and
find out new things about the genre, doing this would widen
peoples knowledge. Not only this but I had a “Win” section in
my magazine which allowed readers to win concert tickets which
I think would appeal to middle class as from research I
discovered musical events such as this are what people like to do
in their spare time.
8. Conclusion.
Overall I think I had been able to represent my target
market group well because through my magazine I
have shown the hard working side of teens who will
work for achieving a goal (C Baker) This article
allowed teens to relate and help them achieve their
goals in life.
