The Big Issue


    1. What is the big issue’s political stance? Although it is not clearly divisible that The Big Issue have a political stance, they do lean towards the conservative side.
    2. How can The Big Issue have a more varied front cover design than most magazines? Due to The Big Issue not having a distribution line on the shelves of stores, it allows them to change their masthead in not only in cover but in font as well, as they do not need consistency for their target audience. this also applies to the events that they report on, being varied. 
    3. What is The Big Issue’s sell line? It is a weekly magazine which the vendors buy from them for £1.25, which they then sell on for £2.50, and then get to keep the difference.
    4. What is the key value of The Big Issue? The Big Issue is one of the UK's leading social businesses and exists to offer homeless people, or individuals at risk of homelessness, the opportunity to earn a legitimate income, thereby helping them to reintegrate into mainstream society.
    5. What is The Big Issue’s claim to realism?
    6. How does The Big Issue address the misrepresentation and under-representation of homeless Which groups are under-represented on The Big Issue front covers?
    7. Which groups are likely to interpret representations in The Big Issue in an oppositional way?

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    1. Thanks for undertaking the work from last week… I’d love to see the rest of it when it’s done.

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