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Context

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GQ is an international magazine. The issue published in August 2019 covers a British footballer, Raheem Sterling.

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History

  • GQ was launched in 1931.
  • GQ started as Gentleman's Quarterly, a quarterly publication.
    • This means GQ is released four times a year.
  • Due to high popularity, the magazine rebranded as GQ in 1967.
  • GQ is produced by Condé Nast and is distributed physically and digitally.
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Readership

  • GQ has a monthly readership of 212,000.
  • GQ has over 2 million monthly users online.
  • GQ has 2 million followers on social media.
  • GQ's target audience is men from upper-class backgrounds.
  • GQ targets men aged 20-44.
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Raheem Sterling

  • Raheem Sterling has highlighted alleged racism in the British press.
  • In December 2018, Sterling compared how two footballers, Phil Foden and Tosin Adarabioyo, were treated differently for buying their mums a house.
  • In the same week, two other footballers, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Christian Mbulu were the targets of racial abuse.
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Social activist

  • Raheem Sterling became a fervent social activist.
  • Outside of football, Raheem Sterling grew up impoverished, losing his father at an early age.
    • Sterling became a father at a young age.
  • Sterling was charged with physical assault in 2013 by his ex-girlfriend and another woman.
    • Sterling was subsequently cleared of these charges.

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1Overview

1.1Media Language

1.1.1Media Language

1.1.2Media Language 2

1.2Audience

1.2.1Audiences

1.2.2Audiences 2

1.2.3End of Topic Test - Media Language & Audience

1.3Representation

1.3.1Stereotypes

1.3.2Gender

1.3.3Audiences

1.4The Media Industry

1.4.1Media Industries

1.4.2Ownership

1.4.3Funding & Regulation

1.4.4End of Topic Test - Representation/Media Industry

2Component 1: Section A

2.1Magazines

2.1.1Magazines

2.1.2Pride

2.1.3Pride 2

2.2GQ

2.2.1Context

2.2.2Narrative

2.2.3Representation

2.3Advertising & Marketing

2.3.1Advertising & Marketing

2.3.2Analysing Adverts

2.3.3Analysing Adverts 2

2.3.4Theories & Principles

2.3.5End of Topic Test - Magazines & Advertising

2.4Print Advertisements

2.4.1Quality Street

2.4.2This Girl Can

2.5Film Posters (Marketing)

2.5.1Spectre

2.5.2The Man with The Golden Gun

2.5.3The Man with The Golden Gun 2

2.6Newspapers

2.6.1Ownership & Regulation

2.6.2News Selection

2.6.3Media Language

2.6.4Genres

2.6.5Newspaper Conventions

2.6.6Representation

2.6.7Audience

2.6.8Theories

2.6.9End of Topic Test - Newspapers

2.7The Sun

2.7.1Context

2.7.2Narrative

2.7.3Language & Images

2.8The Guardian

2.8.1The Guardian

2.8.2Narrative

2.8.3Language & Images

3Component 1: Section B

3.1Video Games

3.1.1Video Games

3.2Film

3.2.1The Big Six

3.2.2Technology

3.2.3End of Topic Test - Video Games & Films

3.3Radio

3.3.1The Radio Industry

3.3.2Categories of Radio Station

3.3.3Technology & Radio Audiences

3.3.4Theories

3.3.5End of Topic Test - Radio

3.4No Time To Die

3.4.1Context

3.4.2Narrative

3.4.3Representation

4Component 2: Section A

4.1Television

4.1.1The Television Industry

4.1.2Types of Broadcasting

4.1.3Media Language & TV

4.1.4Representation & Audiences

4.1.5Theories

4.2Sitcom

4.2.1Sitcoms

4.2.2'The Final Countdown'

4.2.3Representation

4.2.4The IT Crowd

4.2.5Friends

4.2.6Friends 2

4.2.7End of Topic Test - Sitcoms & TV

4.3Luther

4.3.1Context

4.3.2Media Language

4.3.3Representation

4.3.4Audience

4.3.5Industry

4.4The Sweeney

4.4.1Context

4.4.2Media Language

4.4.3Representation

4.4.4Audience

4.4.5Industry

5Component 2: Section B

5.1Music Video

5.1.1Music Videos

5.1.2The Music Industry

5.2Michael Jackson

5.2.1‘Black or White’

5.3Taylor Swift

5.3.1Bad Blood

5.3.2Intertextual References

5.3.3Media Theories

5.3.4Representation

5.3.5Social Media

5.4Bruno Mars

5.4.1Uptown Funk

5.4.2Analysis

5.4.3End of Topic Test - Music Videos

5.5Lizzo

5.5.1Context

5.5.2'Good as Hell'

5.5.3Media Language

5.5.4Representation

5.5.5Audience

5.5.6Industry

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