2. Of Evaluation

2.How does the media product represent paticular social groups

My magazine is targeted towards the age group 14 - 21 which is the rough age target for magazines such as Kerrang! and Rocksound  I feel I have made this point.

As you can see from a real magazine,  from the guy at the front, you can see that he's posing with a specific facial feature, this is also shown in my magazine with all sense of huge 'seriousness' taken out. I also think subsidiary image of the woman in the real magazine and the male on the right in my magazine are posing similar, completely by accident.

Their dress sense is similar, with the people on the cover of Rocksound wearing bright clothes of a 'pop punk' style, and the people on my magazine front cover are wearing informal clothes, and having logos on t-shirts, this goes against the stereotypes of metal and rock being 'dark' and 'emo' but maybe suggests the new sub-genres it's producing, which are more colorful

By looking at the use of the guitar and linking it to the masthead, one could instantly assume it's of a metal/rock genre 

 From the article, the sense of immaturity and 'no seriousness' is still shown, with dialogue like 'insomnia rocks' which is popular in modern rock bands and the sense of an easy-going atmosphere is shown, though 'Lew's terrible drumming' I think the target audience will appreciate the use of humor, which is also found in magazines of a similar genre.

From the contents page, you immediately get the idea that it's a contents page from a rock genre magazine, in the main image there is the same sense of wearing laid back clothes with logos, which is also the clothes of the target audience, the use of props of drum sticks and guitars also screams "rock!"