Question 2

How does the media product represent a particular social group?

When creating my magazine I knew I had to pick the right model for the genre of the magazine and the way the model looked/dressed played a huge role in this. The model's pink, flowery, girly fashion sense was associated with the pop/girly artists that my magazine contains so she went perfectly also the poses she did had to be right otherwise it wouldn't represent the intended social group as well. The way the model looks is a representation of the social group that would buy my magazine, young, fun, pop loving teenage girls.
On the double page spread, the picture is of the model sitting down, she is clearly very relaxed and thats what I wanted to portray throughout the whole interview. I asked relaxed, fun questions that I believe my target audience would want to hear about. I found similar conventions in other magazines when doing my research in 'Top of the pops' and 'Smash Hits'. An example of this was a double page spread from 'Billboard' magazine with Lady GaGa, the picture displays her 'strange' and 'different' fashion sense well and we can that throughout the questions too.

The photo on the front cover is also relaxed and is wearing a pink skirt and white top with blonde curly hair, this is exactly what I expect my target audience to look up to. The picture isn't overly done and most of the images are close ups and mid-shots to show clearly who the person is and to make it feel more personal which also entices the audience. 

Not only do the images represent my chosen social group but also the colours I have used and the other artists I have put into my magazine e.g. Miley Cyrus, The Wanted etc. The colours I used were all pastel colours like pinks, blues and some greys that I think made my magazine more appealing to the audience.