Gender Representation

Gender

I used my magazine in order to represent gender. I have mentioned the names of male artists within the plugs on my front cover and also in the page headings on the contents page. This will make my magazine slightly unisex to allow it to appeal to a wider target audience.

 

 However, all of the photographs which I used on the final copy of my magazine present females models. I chose to predominantly make my magazine gender specific by including girls in order to engage a specific target audience. I chose to do this as the results of my survey proved that girls are most likely to purchase music magazines. Therefore, I portrayed the ideology of the perfect role models for young girls to appeal to them individually.

 

Furthermore, appearance is a vital aspect for teenage girls meaning they will be appealed by the use of female models to act as an inspiration as they may aspire to be more like them. Stereotypically, girls are attracted to the perfect ideology of their social group and are appealed by the magazine as the ideal models could act as an inspiration, influence or role model to them.