How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The social groups my magazine targets is middle class people. This is because the content of my magazine does not contain too much writing that only higher class people would want to read. My magazine does not contain too little writing either than lower class people would expect to have. Also the price of my magazine is not overpriced for middle class people.

The clothes that the group on the front cover are wearing represent different social groups. There are 3 different stereotypes represented on my front cover. Two of the males represent casual clothing, one represents indie clothing and one represents a rock look.

In my magazine, I am representing generally white middle class. These are represented through my magazine as all of my models are white. In my magazine, the type of text I have used is not slang but not too posh either so middle class people can relate to the type of text and wording used. In the interview on my double page, I have used informal language so it looks more in interview style.

Social Class The Common Three-Stratum

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Upper ClassThe upper class is the social class composed of those who are wealthy, well-born, or both. They usually wield the greatest political power. In some countries, wealth alone is sufficient to allow entry into the upper class. This is people such as big business owners and doctors/dentists

Middle ClassThe middle class are the most contested of the three categorizations, the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the lower class and upper class. This is people such as teachers, nurses and business managers.

Lower class (occasionally described as working class) are those employed in low-paying wage jobs with very little economic security. This is people such as shelf stackers, young mothers and students.

Lower Class