GQ Flashcards
1
Q
Who is GQ produced by?
A
Conde Nast
2
Q
GQ average circulation + readership?
A
115,000 circulation
400,000 readership
3
Q
Social context?
A
‘metrosexual’- men who care about their apperance
‘spornosexual’- body focused- time at the gym
4
Q
Who introduced these terms?
A
Mark Simpson
5
Q
Role of the colour palette
A
red,white ,black= power
red=strength
black=bold
6
Q
Historical context?
A
. at the start of the 20th century black people-criminals
. changed due to civil rights movement
7
Q
Oscars?
A
2015- #oscarssowhite
2016- many boycotted
8
Q
What ideology does GQ link to?
A
“How Dwayne Johnson
became the Hollywood’s most bankable
star.”
This is reinforcing the capitalist ideology that
for a man to be thought of as successful you
must be wealthy and make a lot of money.
