Thursday, 6 March 2014

How does your media product represent particular social group?

"Vox Populi" is aimed for young people aged 18 and older, however it might be read by younger or older people. The images are of young and enthusiastic artists, both men and female (in my first issue its female) and the colours are quite light and cold, representing modernism and technology. "Vox Populi" concentrates on everything new in music and media industry, so the fonts are very sharp and technological, as well as contents are more serious and more important for young adults (e.g. music news, short biographies of artists, singers, producers etc.). It doesn't have bright neon colours or something of a kind but it represents seriousness of audience, combining quite hi-tech fonts with quite feminine pastel colours and images.

"Vox Populi" was created to satisfy the readers as well as help and advice them, especially if they are planning to study or even work in music area. This issue might seem as aiming for females because of the very feminine model and images, however, this will change from issue to issue to satisfy both sexes and attract them. The language I've used quite chatty and reflects the way young energetic and social people would communicate. There is quite a lot of text, in terms of reviews, news, short biographies, and different charts, however it is balanced by a couple of pages from the cover page photo shoot and taking my DPS as an example - the picture takes more place of the page comparing to the interview.

I wouldn't say that representation is stereotypical and "Vox Populi" attempts to be an "equal" magazine in all ways. Before creating my magazine I has a questionnaire and I've asked the same amount of male and female and so based the contents on their feedback.

Overall I think the magazine achieved the aim of equal representation of young, modern people who are interested in music, technologies related to it, some fashion and upcoming events where they can have fun. I would also say that "Vox Populi" doesn't represent any particular genre of music or it's fans, however it is more often concentrated on dance and festival music, again, highlighting the age and energy of audience. 

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