3. LANGUAGE
• Green, brightly saturated colour
palette which emphasises the
intertextuality used of Ghostbusters
• 'Who you gonna call?' - the headline
being the infamous and well - known
catchphrase used by the ghostbusters.
• The 'ghost' is, here, being
represented as Donald Trump, which
the female frontline have to 'destroy'
and therefore he is being
depicted negatively.
• 'The female frontline' empowers
women as in the original (1984) film,
the ghostbusters are all male.
4. INDUSTRIES
• The Big Issue was founded in 1991
by John Bird and Gordon Roddick as a
response to the increasing numbers of
homeless people in London
• The magazine was initially published
monthly but, in June 1993, The Big
Issue went weekly.
• In 1995, The Big Issue Foundation was
founded to offer additional support
and advice to vendors around issues
such as housing, health, personal
finance and addiction.
• Vendors buy The Big
Issue for £1.25 and sell it for £2.50
5. AUDIENCE
• 72% of the audience in the UK for
The Big Issue are of ABC1
• 43% of readers are AB
• Psycographics: Reformers, Explorers
• Female = 56%, working full time =
41%
• Male = 44%, still studying = 31%
6. REPRESENTATION
• The front cover promotes feminism and
empowers women as although in the
original film, the ghostbusters are all men,
however on this particular issue – the
frontline is all female which provides the
audience with the ideology of gener
equality.
• It also represents both the US and the UK
from Big Ben and The White House
situated in the background
which provides the reader with
information about current affairs and
topics that not solely in the UK.