Big Issue

Question 1

What year was it launched?

Answer 1

1991

Question 2

Who sells Big Issue? Explain business arrangement!

Answer 2

Vendors - whom are homeless
Vendors buy magazine for £2, sell for £4

Question 3

Description of the big issue

Answer 3

Niche magazine outside the commercial mainstream

Question 4

Values of Big Issue/ Big issue readers

Answer 4

Left wing, liberal

Question 5

The Big issue reader:

Answer 5

• be university educated
• interested in politics
• limited disposal income
• want to help make a difference to the society we live in

Question 6

How many vendors?

Answer 6

3,700

Question 7

Since 1991, how many magazines sold?

Answer 7

220,000,000 or 220 million

Question 8

What are the 3 contexts of the big issue?

Answer 8

Political, Social, Cultural

Question 9

Explain what political context means?

Answer 9

The government, policy and affairs of the country. The way in which power is used or achieved in a country or society.

Question 10

Explain what social context means?

Answer 10

Where people live together and interact with one another on a daily basis. The social structures by which we live our daily lives, such as religion, education, family, media communications, law and government. How these social structures affect our behaviour, values and thinking.

Question 11

Explain cultural context?

Answer 11

The attitudes, values, beliefs, practices, customs and shared behaviours of people.
It includes all aspects of “life”; language, the products we make, the things we do and how we do them.
It also includes cultural products such as art, music, literature and music