Big Issue

The Big Issue

Aim: Analyse the Big Issue Magazine in terms of media language and media representation 

Notes

Terminologies-

Media Language: How the media through their forms, codes, conventions and techniques communicate meanings.

Media Representations: How the media portray events, issues, individuals and social groups

Media Terminologies-

• Layout
• Font 
• Colour
• Masthead
• Header
• Typography

Media Language: Print

Intertextuality refers to the way aspects of a particular media product relate to another and thus accrue additional significance.

Barthes Semantic code

The semantic code points to any element in a text that suggests a particular, often additional meaning by way of connotation which the story suggests.

Connotation: cultural/underlining meaning, what it symbolises

Left/Right Wing Press & Politics

Left wing newspapers: will reflect the views of the political left

Left Wing Politics: supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy and social inequality. ..."

Right Wing: will reflect the views of the political right

Right Wing: the political right opposes socialism and social democracy. Right-wing parties include conservatives, nationalists and on the far-right racists and fascists.

Stereotypes 

Assumptions that are held about a social group.

They are often used in a negative or prejudicial sense and are frequently used to justify certain discriminatory behaviours

Stereotyping is an important concept in terms of representation

The Big Issue
Socialistic views
Very Left Wing