Ideology

Ideology 

Ideology - This is considered a comprehensive vision, which is how we perceive things. A set of conscious and unconscious ideas that we use for our perceptions.

Stereotype - A thought that has been created about a certain group of people.

Ideology applies to music magazines because producers of music magazines consider their own ideology when creating the front cover of the magazine. This is because the stereotype of a certain genre can be visual on the front cover. Stereotypes can be made visual through:

Rap Magazine

• Colour scheme
• Artists facial expressions
• Artists attire
• House Style
• Artists posture

Even though in certain cases stereotypes can be considered negative, but some stereotypes regarding certain genres are embraced and used so people can easily identify artists with the genre.

As you can see on the cover of XXL magazine, this magazine has shown that the artist on the front of the magazine is embracing the stereotype of the rap genre. This is because the magazine's house style and colour scheme is mostly black and red which is associated with this genre.





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