Roles of Magazines

What role do music magazines have in the establishment of youth subcultures?

In the world today, youth subcultures are present and a very prominent part of life. Interests, hobbies and personalities have a big part of play in this. As there are countless numbers of platforms people can access the media from, it is all around us and difficult to escape. There are many different youth subcultures, and teens are given so much freedom and so many options to choose what they're interested in and how they wish to be perceived. There are many different factors that establish youth cultures and music magazines are one of them. As there are so many different music magazines available to youths today, they can choose what they want to read. Different subcultures would be interested in different magazines that are aimed towards different genres of music. For example, an article about Britney Spears is going to represented in a different way opposed to an article about Marilyn Manson. The different subcultures that are interested in these types of music have different expectations of what they read and would not expect the same language to be used in an article about these two artists. Genres of music help to develop the personalities of youths, as the music they consume effects their lives, such as the friends they make and the clothes they wear. Music magazines influence teenagers and encourage them to make a choice about their lifestyles, it helps give teens a sense of identity and belonging if they can slot into a 'subculture'.