PAPER 2C MAGAZINE Key Text 2 THE BIG ISSUE

                                                 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 magazine is one part of The Big Issue Ltd alongside:

 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

 

                              LINK TO KEY TEXT ISSUE   

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