GQ - Context
Media Studies: Eduqas GCSE, topic 2.2.1
Context
GQ is an international magazine. The issue published in August 2019 covers a British footballer, Raheem Sterling.
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.
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.
Raheem Sterling
- Raheem Sterling has highlighted 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.
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.
Test yourself on GQ - Context
What British footballer is on the cover of the August 2019 issue of GQ?