Question 2 - How Does Your Media Product Represent Particular Social Groups?

I have chosen the Complex magazine featuring T.I. to compare to my main cover image. Both magazines are both appeal to the same social group apart from the fact complex appeals to 20 – 40 year olds, while mine appeals to a younger audience. The reason why I chose this image was because they both have the same pose, not looking exactly into the camera, but to the side a bit more. Both poses show attitude and power, as my model has his hands behind his pockets, standing up tall, while T.I has knives in his hands, standing tall, but still having the same posture. While T.I. is much older than my model, it would still appeal to my audience because of his music and the fact both magazines are the same genre. My model also appeals a lot to my audience because of the young age and that the model is not old / the same age as my audience and the way he is dressed, the background of the image of my magazine also fits in with his clothing and music.