Evaluation 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

·            How does your media product represent particular social groups?

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My media product represents a few sectors of society, which is good, as it will appeal to these social groups. My magazine represents the black ethnicity, women and men; the black individuals displayed on my front page denote this. The front page has a woman, which is higher than the man, which will appeal to women but mainly black woman as it conveys they are strong and have power over men even though in reality society is patriarchal and typically the men dominate. In the dps we see the man on the same level, he is dressed well appealing to men as they either see themselves as him or want to be him. I believe my mag represents social groups similar to blues and soul (BS) magazine. Missy Elliot you see her being a dominant boss black woman, and she is known for being a big name and boss in the industry, similar to my own with a woman who is better than the man in the very male dominated industry. Aj denotes a similar stern look that missy Elliot has and both aren’t objectified for the gratification of men. Aj, the main girl stresses her frustration with male domination in the article which represents the feminist social group, she also represents womanism and intersectionalist as she speaks on her experiences not only as a woman but as a black woman this is something not done a lot in magazines but a lot of women can identify and it represents them. The conflict between Aj the woman and zhaun the man can represent the conflict in society between men and women with women still trying to fight inequalities and gain respect and fight injustices that some men perpetuate. In the article we see that zhaun was only jealous of AJ and that drove the beef. In society we see girls trying underachieving and not having big aspirations in order to not intimidate or upset the man however we see the unconventional AJ not have it and fight back. We see AJ having more success and the man trying to push her down which woman may commonly identify with.

 In the magazine there is more girls than boys with a girl duo on the contents. These girls denote the genre and don’t have sex appeal therefore they’re not being objectified for the male gaze but recognized purely for their role in the industry. They represent young girls and are connoted as quite chill by their posture, which can be similarly seen in other rnb magazines. Similar with zhaun’s typical urban rnb pose witch can be commonly seen on neo soul magazines.