Evaluation of the 7 questions
Music magazine evaluation 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? In my opinion, my magazine does conform to the codes and conventions of traditional hip-hop / R&B magazines. I say this because I drew upon a lot of inspiration from typical magazines such as VIBE and FADER which are R&B magazines which challenge conventions of other media products in the industry. Whilst researching VIBE magazine in particular I learnt that they felt very strongly about self expression and accepting people no matter if they conform to social norms or not and I feel that their magazine is all about defying social expectations and norms and expressing an alternative lifestyle and feeling comfortable and confident in that. I also say this knowing that African Americans are a ethnic minority group which is he target audience of these magazines, which shows that these sort of media products exist not only to gain success