Task 3 part 2 - To what extent should magazines be held responsible for the social ramifications of the representations they offer?

Magazines are always aimed at a certain audience, these audiences can range from Toddlers to die hard metal heads. But one thing all magazines have in common is that their loyal fans will believe anything that’s written inside them.

I have been asked to explain the social ramifications that are printed in teenage magazines, and for someone my age this is quite a hard thing to establish but when looked into deeply it has become obvious that something is not completely right. To start my essay I looked in to what the phrase “social ramifications” actually means and came to the final conclusion that it’s a negative effect on the reader that makes the audience seem like what they are printing is what one has to be, possibly leading to no singularity among social groups. For example if a magazine aimed at teenage girls says “How to dress like a model” this will have an affect on all teenage girls who read the article. Many will become overwhelmed with the idea of looking like a model they will actually forget who they truly are.