The Big Issue

Question 1

Who created the Big Issue?

Answer 1

John Bird and Gordon Rodick

Question 2

When was it established?

Answer 2

1991

Question 3

How does the Big Issue support homeless people?

Answer 3

Helps then earn money from the profit of the magazines to get off the streets

Question 4

How many people have they helped?

Answer 4

1.8 million people have benefitted

Question 5

What does circulation mean?

Answer 5

How many copies are sold

Question 6

What does the magazine include?

Answer 6

Political and social issues, celebrity news, guest reporters

Question 7

Mass audience?

Answer 7

Readership on a far larger scale

Question 8

Niche audience?

Answer 8

Narrower group of readers with particular interest

Question 9

How many copies a week sold?

Answer 9

300,000

Question 10

What are consumer magazines?

Answer 10

Sold in shops and newsstands for information and entertainment. For public

Question 11

What are trade magazines?

Answer 11

Directed at industrial professional groups. Bought by subscription

Question 12

When did the Big Issue start selling online?

Answer 12

3rd October 2022

Question 13

Which contexts must you study for magazines and the Big Issue?

Answer 13

Social, cultural and political

Question 14

What set products must you study for Section B: Magazines?

Answer 14

The Big Issue from September 2024

Question 15

Why are front covers important?

Answer 15

First bit of publication that the reader will see, must appeal to audience, indicate genre

Question 16

What does the seasonal theme mean?

Answer 16

When the colors relate to a time of year, e.g: hearts and pink for Valentines’s Day

Question 17

Anchorage?

Answer 17

When there is writing that fixes the meaning of an image, such as a caption

Question 18

What is a blurb?

Answer 18

Small section of text to explain the purpose and story of the magazine, factual information

Question 19

What is a byline?

Answer 19

The author’s name and job description before an article

Question 20

What is a buzz word?

Answer 20

High-impact words placed at random

Question 21

DPS stands for what?

Answer 21

Double-page spread

Question 22

What is the name of an image that is not a photo?

Answer 22

Graphic feature

Question 23

Pull quote?

Answer 23

phrase or sentence used to attract a reader’s attention, usually in a larger font size

Question 24

What is a skyline?

Answer 24

Sell lines/adverts found at the top of a magazine

Question 25

What is the target demographic?

Answer 25

Women and men who are well educated have a higher social class.

Question 26

Big Issue's slogan?

Answer 26

A hand up, not a hand out

Question 27

Media language for the Big Issue?

Answer 27

Mise-en-scene, typography to catch readers eye, teasers, banners, price

Question 28

What two issues are the set texts for 2025?

Answer 28

Bukayo Saka and Keir vs Rishi

Question 29

Significance of the colour scheme for Saka?

Answer 29

Green and white = football pitch and Nigerian flag, Red = Arsenal, White = Holiness, Green = growth and prosperity

Question 30

Binary opposites in Sakas?

Answer 30

Freedom vs control, Saka vs trolls, campaigns vs equality

Question 31

Positioning of Saka?

Answer 31

Lower angle, looking down on audience = he is control, gives him status, direct address as well = relationship with audience

Question 32

What stereotypes does Saka subvert?

Answer 32

That footballers are only interested in themselves, bad role models

Question 33

Intertextuality with the political cover?

Answer 33

Carry On movie has unserious characters that don't know what they're doing. implying the politicians are like that. Titanic reference implying that Britain is a sinking ship and they caused the disaster

Question 34

Color scheme for political cover?

Answer 34

Equally split of red and blue = Big Issue is unbiased, text is white to remain neutral. Colors represent the country flag and the political parties

Question 35

Significance of the big heads on cover?

Answer 35

Large heads = big ego, big unhelpfulness to the country, also creates humor and implies that they are lifeless