Media CSP - Gentlewoman Flashcards
What is the gentlewoman magazine about?
The gentlewoman is a magazine about taste, its a magazne thats meant to be about feeling comfortable being yourself
How is the gentlewomans online prescence?
The gentlewoman has an online prescence through their wesbite.
Their website is quite simplistic, and they have an instagram account with over 150k followers
Who is the target audience for the gentlewoman magazine?
Their target audience is mainly adult women.
The audience that the gentlewoman appeals to is young enough to be interested in fashion and the latest trends, but old enough to be earning a high enough salary to purhcase the items featured in the magazine.
What does the magazine articles typically include?
The gentlewoman articles feature emphasis on high end, luxury, designer products, assuming that the audience care about fashion, style, and is willing to spend a lot of money to achieve an aspirational lifestyle.
How does the gentlewoman aim to maximise revenue?
The key selling point of the magazine is its soft pebbled cover, glossy pages, high quality photographs
What is the main way the gentlewoman generates revenue?
The gentlewomans most obvious revenue stream is the cover price of the magzine.
They also generate a large amount of revenue through their strong relationship with advertisers such as balenciaga and YSL.
How can we see that the gentlewoman magazine may subvert stereotypes about gender and identity?
In the article ‘modern punches’ we see ramla ali making her pro boxing debut.
This offers an alternative unconventional and powerful representation of women, since she is seen in a male dominated profession, therefore empowering women.
Which is a representation theory that can be seen in the gentlewoman?
Gauntletts identity theory - the gentlewoman contributes to constructing identities by presenting a diverse portrayl of women, showing their achievements, perspectives, and individuality.
The magazine also challenges stereotypes and shows an aspirational lifestyle which could inspire the audience.
Which are the 2 industry theories which can be seen in gentlewoman?
Livingstone and lunt regulation theory - IPSO regulates the gentlewoman for their actions, to protect individual rights, uphold high standards of journalism, help maintain freedom of expression for the press.
Currant and seatons power and media theory - the ramla ali interview is the first piece of original material and it begins on page 66, meaning there is over 60 pages of advertising before the original material. They focus on revenue before content
