Audience

My audience for my media product.

 The age I’m aiming to attract is young, teenagers. Male and female. Also, the ethnic background plays an important role. As, just like the typical stereotype, white people usually wouldn’t be interested in an RnB and Hip Hop magazine. Usually, that’s black people’s interests.

Usually, these type of audience’s shop in modern day shops, wearing clothing that are currently in fashion such as Snapbacks, Chino’s and Jordan’s. On the other hand, the same audience may also shop in stores and create their own fashion, instead of following the latest trends.

Also, this audience would be into similar television programmes. The main channel being B.E.T (Black Entertainment Television). The reason being, this channel promotes black music and talent of the similar genre with shoes such as 106 & Park, The Wendy William’s Show and many more.

The age range would be between the ages of 16-25. I give such a broad age range as my magazine would most likely attract people 20+ as the current artist’s in the RnB and Hip Hop genres use explicit language and explicit video’s, therefore they would probably be aiming for older people as well.

I feel like they would by my magazine as it relates to the modern day music industry with artists such as Wiz Khalifa and Beyoncé included. Also, not only is the price a suitable range, but I feel that the context included would attract them such as interviews, posters and many competitions in one issue.  Lastly, I also feel that the front page is different to other magazines of the similar genre, although there aren’t many magazines of such genre; this one stands out from some. For example; the title ‘Notes and Sounds’ are different to others as they have one word titles such as ‘Vibe’ or ‘XXL’. 

My magazine opposes the typical stereotype of hip hop and rnb music such as ‘’thugs’’, tattoos, chains and skinny jeans and vests. Although, the artist is wearing baggy clothing in all his images. Also, I don’t use slang words whilst interviewing the artist, this opposes the stereotype of illiterate teenagers words of ‘’slang’’ that usually the audience of this genre would use, such as abbreviation of words.

How does my media product represent particular social groups?

Posture:  

My own photo (1) shows my artist posing with his hands where you can see above his waist. He’s wearing a white top in contrast to the blue and green hat. On the other hand, the artist of XXL is also wearing all white, with only sunglasses and a chain. They both have similar postures and similar clothing on (white clothing).

Props:

Both images have plain backgrounds which matches the simplicity of the way both artists are dressed. This may represent the simple and straight forward context in both magazines. On the other hand, the artist in image 1 is wearing a hat that stands out from everything else, although the artist in image 2 isn’t wearing anything that stands out. This may be because the artist on image 2 is already well known in this genre and music scene, on the other hand the artist in image 1 is an upcoming artist therefore he must stand out without recognition.

Expression:

In both images, both artists have a straight, serious look on their face. This shows the seriousness that they apply to their career. The artist in image 1 is holding his head up high but the artist in image 2 is simply looking straight into the camera.  

Costume and Hair:  

The difference between image 1 and image 2 is that the artist in image 1 is wearing a hat and barely showing his hair, nevertheless the artist in image 2 is showing his hair but covering his eyes with sun glasses. Also, the artist in image 2 is slightly showing his teeth and his silver tooth to match his silver chain. Failing to make eye contact with the audience, makes it feel that the artist in image 2 is up to something, covering his eyes with all black sun glasses.