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GQ: Audience & Industries

GQ: Audience & Industries Audience Look through  the GQ Media Kit  and answer the following questions:  1) How does the media kit introduction describe GQ? It describes it as forward-looking, progressive and cutting-edge. 2) What does the media kit suggest about masculinity?  As masculinity evolves and men's fashion has moved to the centre of the global pop-culture conversation, GQ's authority has never been broader or stronger. 3) Pick out  three  statistics from the data on page 2 and explain what they suggest about the GQ audience. Readership= 212K -- a lot of people read GQ magazines Social followers= 1.8M -- so many people follow GQ on social media platforms ABC1= 61%  4) Look at page 3 - brand highlights. What special editions do GQ run and what do these suggest about the GQ audience? GQ Heroes - GQ readers are aspirers GQ Hype - GQ readers are aspirers GQ Men of the year - GQ readers are aspirers 5) Still on page 3, what does the video and social series section sugge

GQ: Language and Representation

Language: Media factsheet Complete the following tasks using  Media Factsheet 252 - The Codes and Conventions of Print Magazines available in our Media Factsheet archive here . Answer the following questions: 1) What are the different magazine genres highlighted on page 2 and how do they link to our magazine CSPs? General interest Special interest Professional 2) Look at the section on GQ on page 2. How do they suggest that GQ targets its audience? They are targeting men through fashion and image, but also appealing to their intelligence and needs for information about culture. 3) What does the factsheet say about GQ cover stars? GQ selects their cover stars very carefully. 4) Pick out five of the key conventions of magazine front covers and explain what they communicate to an audience. Masthead--  The publication name, is at the top, using a sans serif font type for maximum impact. Price, month and year are conventionally added, as is a barcode. Puffs-- are place in the left or right-

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Magazine front cover LR 1) Add your finished magazine cover as a JPEG image. 2) Type up your feedback from your teacher. If you've received this by email, you can copy and paste it across - WWW and EBIs. You don't need to include a mark or grade if you don't want to. Mark out of 15 for Media Language: 9 Estimated A Level coursework grade: C WWW: This is a satisfactory magazine cover that is clearly recognisable as Dazed. Your planning and evaluation are short (too short and incomplete!). You have a strong image (I like the unusual backdrop placement of the image) but the text both in terms of the words and the layout is an area to develop. I’m sure your coursework next year will be much stronger because of this project. EBI: There are a few good lessons to take from this production work. Firstly, I think there’s not enough planning or evaluation which truly prevents you from receiving top marks. Secondly, you have the text slightly overlapping your cover model’s hand which