1. • The Big Issue commonly enlarge the heads of politicians to make it more comedic
and to help bring the focus to the politician.
• The eagle is the symbol of America and is associated with freedom, Putin is seen
riding the eagle which implies he has a connection with America and with Trump.
• The main image in this front cover is Donald Trump, holding the earth up. His
head has been enlarged possibly to make him seem ‘big-headed’ and to make
people laugh at him.
• The cover line implies that the article is going to try and find some positives about
trump and his policies, as well as covering the negatives about him.
• The words ’worst’ and ‘happen’ are enlarged to make it seem like Trump
becoming president is the worst thing to happen.
• The main colour in the front cover is blue, which is typically associated with trust,
dependability and strength, all of which people don’t particularly associate with
Trump.
• The lightning in the background implies that ’a storm is coming’ and that storm is
Donald Trump.
• Lightning is known for being powerful but destructive, similar to how some
people feel about Donald Trump.
2. • Once again The Big Issue have enlarged the heads of politicians and put them
over other people, in this case each of their heads have been placed over the
group ABBA.
• Each politician has a speech bubble where they are quoting lyrics from ABBA,
that relate to Brexit.
• In the background there is a faint image of a voting slip, and in the bottom right
there is an small secondary image of a ballot box, which many people will be
using, and have been using to cast their votes.
3. The Big Issue - Politics
• The Big Issue focuses on issues in politics, like what’s currently going on in government, as well as social
issues. They aim to inform their audience as well and entertain them.
• On their political articles, the Big Issue attempt to add light humor to their main covers to draw people in
and draw the focus to the issue and situation so that people are informed and want to read it.
• The Big Issue have used many politicians on their cover page such as Donald Trump, David Cameron, Boris
Johnson, Nicola Sturgeon, Nigel Farage and many other politicians and celebrities. Big Issue usually enlarge
the heads of these politicians and put them on other peoples bodies. This makes the politicians appear like
bobble heads and big headed.
