I created this slide show to help me recognise what different types of people in my genre (pop) were like and how they were portrayed in the media. I decided to use Ariana Grande as my star because she creates music in my genre and I thought it would be a good idea to delve deeper into her media. I discovered that she takes images/has images taken of her, in a very powerful, elegant and empowering way. I found out that her image in the public eye has changed over the years because she has realised that what the media perceive you as really does matter and can effect your career.

The ideologies towards Ariana are stereotyped because when people see an image of her they may think that she doesn’t really care about people and may be a bit shallow, but from researching her, I have realised that she is none of those things.

I think Richard Dyer’s paradox of the star applies to Ariana because she is extraordinary in the sense that she is in the public eye and is able to still perform after the tragedy she went through at her concert, although she is still an ordinary person.

I would like my cover star to be a bit like Ariana and be confident and stylish and most of all own the image. I would like to be able to tell a story with the MES and for people to be able to guess my genre without knowing the name of my magazine.