Music Magazine: Real-Life Representations

(Contents Page Representation)

(Double Page Spread Representation)

The prime reason for me creating these lifelike representation is to interpret wether the designs I created were suitable for use within a magazine. Through observation, I have found that the designs were quite suitable. These were created using the perspective/distortion manipulation tools within Adobe Photoshop CS3.

Psychographics: 101

In lesson, we briefly touched upon the subject of Psycho-graphics. These are the qualitative data in which define a person's aim's and goals in life as well as their motivation and reason for consumption of a product.


Firstly we talked about the seven types of Psycho-graphic in which a person can possess:
-The Aspirer: materialistic care a lot about their appearance driven by others 
-The Struggle
-The Reformer
-The Mainstream
-The Succeeder
-The Explorer


I then decided which one best fit in with my audience. as i am talking about more underground artists i wanted to market it to The Aspirer  because i want people to read this and think 'i can do that' or 'that could be me in a few years' so not only are they ending this magazine for the entertainment purposes so  my magazine. However i thought that some aspects of The Struggler would fit into it as well because it then got me thinking about wether we all just fit into one and looking at it i can see aspects of myself in more then one.

Market Research: Questionnaire Results

Results: 8 Male 9 Female

Cultivation Theory & Adorno: Culture Industry

Cultivation Theory & Adorno: Culture Industry

Cultivation Theory is a social theory which looks at the social effects of television on American audiences of all ages. This theory was by professor George Gerbner & Larry Gross, as it derived from there large researching projects which they conducted, entirely down to their main research entitled ' Cultural Indication'. This theory basically suggest that over time if one is exposed to too much television, over a period of time subtly cultivates viewers perception of reality. As they both criticize television, stating it's a medium of the socialization of most people into standardized roles and behaviors. This theory is a great theory to try and use when producing my magazine. Despite the fact that this theory mainly applies to television, since media is becoming one of the most powerful tools in this world, it's possible to portray that theory in my music magazine. Since my magazine is going to be a hip-hop/rap mag, typically one associate this genre negatively as a high amount of crimes has been linked, such as robbery murder, rape etc. However since I'm trying to produce a positive magazine I'm going to produce positive artists in my magazine. Not cover in iced out jewelry or a bunch of girls but just a rapper who has that star feeling towards him or her. This can help my target audience strive to achieve success in whatever they do, deeply inspired by my rapper.