The media consists of many things for example, the newspapers, the television, the magazines, the radio, the public (virally) and many more… let’s take a look at how these represent Nicki Minaj.
The Newspapers –
The newspaper brags about Nickis success as the best new artist and best female hip hop artist at the BET awards. Therefore she is being represented as respected, successful and popular within the music domain.
The Television -
The clip above is taken from Nicki's MTV filmed documentary, in this clip Nicki is telling her audience her views on Bossing up. Basically she believes that it is unfair that men rappers are looked at as bosses whereas girl rappers are judged as bitches. She quotes ' negatively connoted as a bitch' this tells us that Nicki is independant, demanding and arguementative. She is also presented as informal (normal) because she swears a few times throughout the clip.
The Magazines -
Elle magazine - Nicki stars as Elle's front cover model which represents her as soft, elegant, feminine and beautiful. She is using strong body language suggesting her flexibility to change her style to suit different targets. This magazine shows Nicki's sweet and innocent personality.
Black Men Magazine - represents Nicki as sexual, provocative and erotically desirable. Her body language contains attitude, challenge and a daring posture. She is also wearing a very tight leotard which is revealing alot of breast cleavage and this is only typically done to provoke a sexual response from the public. Preferably men as it is called black 'men'. Therefore this magazine shows off Nicki's raunchy side.
More magazine –This magazine is popular for celebrity gossip, fashion tips and girly advice. Nicki is used as the front cover model, she is fully clothed and laughing/ smiling. She is represented as more calm, bubbly and toned down. Her appearence is neutral and different from no other casual celeb, this is because More magazine targets younger girls and doesnt want to use Nickis wild sense of humour to attract their readership, they have chosen to use Nicki's normal attitude to help advise those girl readers and make them believe that they are just as amazing as world sensation Nicki Minaj. Therefore Nicki is represented as an inspiration to teens in this mag.
The radio -
Many radios have interviewed Nicki Minaj, from this experience as an audience we benefit from this because it allows us to get closer to Nicki herself and hear her personally speak about her life. The radio is good for representing Nicki's real persona as it is not edited or an image, it is her true voice speaking freely.
The publics review-
Nicki’s public review will always differ because every individual has different opinions however from watching the clip above I learned that certain men may find it hard to relate to Nicki’s music as she is more interested as representing women. They believe that she draws in a female audience but out of all the female rappers known, she is one of the best. Therefore Nicki is unpredictably spoken about but she has no negative review. Therefore she is successfully attracting her audience.
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