Question 2 How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My magazine is similar to kerrang! featuring all sub genres of rock because I am trying to target a similar reader like kerrang, I found out there audience because mine should be similar to there's. The reader of kerrang! is mostly white british and the age group is 16-24. Kerrangs readers are also 60% male and 40% female this is probably due down to advertisement which mostly aimed at the male readers.

In my magazine I designed the pages after sub genres of rock. The front page is more of a alternative rock look because of the main images costume and the way I edited his hair. 

My contents page has a more heavy metal feel to it because its dark and looks rough. 

The double page spread has a more of an indie rock feel because its colourful and has a creative feel to it.

The costume used by my model and the singer in this photo both have checked shirts. Checked shirts use to be patterns Scottish men wore on there cloths but found its way onto punk rock bands in the 1970s and todays R n B and pop singers have also started wearing checked shirts making checked shirts a diverse piece of clothing but depending on how its worn it can portray what sort of genre of music your trying to portray. So I looked at Kerrang! front cover featuring 30 second to Mars and saw that the lead singer in the middle has a shirt on the inside of his checked shirt, so I asked my model to do the same sort of thing.
It looks casual but fashionable and is recognisable to the readers.

My contents page design would appeal to heavy metal listeners because its dark and the gas mask represents rebellion in teenagers because hes not dressed in battle gear hes just wearing the gas mask he is dressed as a teenager with a guitar whose wearing a gas mask which represents rebellion within teenagers.
The background looks like scratches on the wall which shows anger and quite a few lyrics in heavy metal music represent anger, love and loss.