Ideology is the ideas and beliefs we have. These opinions can be consciously or unconsciously displayed through in media. These ideas and beliefs shape our perceptions of things, for instance if we were to make a rap magazine you would expect it to be a darker, more serious than a pop magazine.
These elements can be shown through things like, House style, clothing, seriousness of the picture or even the background of an image.
some of these stereotypical views can seem negative, however some artists take on board these points and embrace them, as it shows through different pictures of them.
On this cover, Eminem, a rap artist, is portrayed as dark and or somewhat dangerous/aggressive. This is due to the dark background of the image along with the stance, both very bold points showing confidence but also some anger. The facial expressions also show his anger. Looking at this cover you could immediately tell what type of music Eminem would create based on these stereotypes we have of artists/genres.
Other genres house styles would vary. For instance Pop magazines would contain a lot more colours and would seem more girly than other genres. As shown in the image below.
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