Next week you will be completing mock exam questions for the Magazines section of Paper 2 .
Please use the time before then analysing the key pages of the texts and any relevant theory and background information and planning the content of your answers.
You will have 50 minutes to complete both questions .
THE BIG ISSUE
PRODUCT CONTEXT
• Weekly magazine
• Publisher – Dennis and The Big Issue Ltd.
• Genre – Independent/Current Affairs/Entertainment/Street magazine
• First published – 1991
• Creators – John Bird and Gordon Roddick
• Current cover price - £2.50
• Current circulation – 82,000
• Distribution method – “Since the magazine was founded, we have been in partnership with the people who sell it. Vendors buy The Big Issue for £1.25 and sell it for £2.50. Each seller is a micro-entrepreneur who is working, not begging” https://www.bigissue.com/latest/how-much-does-the-big-issue-cost/
The Big Issue Foundation – an independently funded charity which provides support and guidance for vendors in areas such as training, education, health and housing
Big Issue Invest – helps to finance sustainable social enterprises, charities and a social trading platform
The Big Issue Shop – buyers purchasing eco-friendly products, or products from organisations which use profits to support social enterprises or charitable causes
25th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE OCTOBER 17 2016
PAGES TO FOCUS ON : Media language , social perspective and audience
Front cover of magazine
Contents Page (p.3)
Editor's Letter (p.6)
Feature: 'Letter to My Younger Self: Grayson Perry' (p.14-15)
Feature: 'Vendor Success Stories: Moving On' (p.32-33, 35)
Feature: 'Rise of the Homeless Bakers: No Soggy Bottoms Here!' (p.41)
Adverts: look at selection
Look at choice of language,themes and topics layout, images,colour etc. and how that informs/entertains the audience and gives clues to the magazine's editorial position and ideology
