Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Key Terminology


Advertising Revenues: The amount of income they receive by selling copies of the Big Issue
Articles: A piece of writing which is included with others in newspaper of magazine
Audience Appeals: The attractiveness of a target audience, so it appeals to them
Cost: An amount of money that is needed to be paid before you can produce The Big Issue
Culture and Political Awareness: An understanding of politics and culture
Culture: An understanding of a certain environment or surroundings
David vs Goliath: A narrative when a small or weak person go against a huge well know person or company
Editor-in-chief: A leader who has a final say in what is included
Editorial content: Not advertisement based
Editorial opinion: When the editor includes their own opinion
Emotional Fulfilment: When a situation leaves you with happiness 
Front cover: The very first page of a magazine, book, newspaper etc
Guest Columnist: When a guest has a column included in the magazine
Hybrid genre: A mix between two genres which are connected together
Ideological beliefs: Ideas of a certain group of people who believe opposite to others
Ideology: A set of beliefs
Independent publication: A publication which is produced outside major studios
Institutional factors: These include rules, norms and routines that guide behaviour
Intertextuality: Refers to the process of creating references to any kind of media text via another media text
Interviews: When someone is asked questions and they respond with an answer
John Bird and Gordon Roddick
Key Appeals: The main points that appeal to a group of people
Language codes: A code that assigns letters or numbers as identifiers or classifiers for languages
Low production values: Lighting, sound, scenery and props used to improve a film or play
Magazine sales: The amount of sales sold in a time period
Modes of address: The ways in which relations between addresser and addressee are constructed in a text
News: Newly information that is presented to others
not-for-profit organisation: Charity - an organisation who's aim is not to make profit
Passing Trade: A place where people visit
Primary TA: The audience to which the business promotes to
Public service: A service that is provided by the government
Published: An issue of a book, journal or piece of music for public sale
Rogue Traders: An illegal way to make money - by selling copies without permission
Socially aware: News from a POV from a socialist
Start-up Capital: Costs that are needed to be paid to start a business up
Target Audience: A group of people, who businesses aim their products or services at
The Big Issue: The name of the magazine
The Big Issue Company LTD: A private limited company, who works with the Big Issue
The Big Issue Foundation: Registered charity in England working with Vendors
Vendors: A person, who sells a product
Weekly Circulation: The amount of copies that are sold and the time period

Monday, 15 January 2018

The Big Issue

The Big Issue

The big issue is a weekly magazine, which homeless people sell to the public. Click here to go to their website. The first issue which got released was in September, in 1991. The aim of this magazine is to rebuild peoples lives. They give a chance to the homeless to determine their own pathway.















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