Identity is not usually a subject that The Big Issue tackles, with the magazine itself being one that prioritises the issue of...

In The Big Issue, we

Grayson Perry is a transvestite featured within the pages of The Big Issues 25th anniversary edition, he talks about how the Daily Mail...

David Gauntlett's theory states that "the media provide us with 'tools' or resources that we use to construct our identities", we can...

A Letter To My Younger Self: Grayson Perry Liesbet Van Zoonen believes that, in her theory of feminism and study of female...

David Gauntlett talks about the idea that media provides use with the 'tools' or resources that we use to construct our identity. This is...

Bell Hooks theory really links with the Big Issue as their mission is to help people in need. Bell hooks talks about the struggle to end...

in the set text the article 'letter to my younger self" supports David gauntletts theory that celebrities become role models for...

Stuart Halls representation theory, suggests that meaning is constructed through language and a system of signs. He also says that...

bell hooks believes that women and minorities are discriminated in the media as they are misrepresented or underrepresented by the people...

Van Zoonen proposes many ideas on how the mainstream media usually represent women in a negative light or solely because of their good...

bell hooks would comment mostly on how class is represented because it acknowledges the oppression that people of the lower classes go...

Liesbet Van Zoonen hypothesizes that gender is constructed through discourse and that its meaning varies according to cultural and...

As The Big Issue itself is all about the reduction of homelessness, it is very clear that homeless people are seen, not as inferiors but...

The ‘moving on’ article presents the audience with a variety of different success stories from vendors. It demonstrates their growth and...

Throughout the set text for The Big Issue, there are many codes that both support and maybe could be done better regarding feminism and...

David Gauntlett's theory of representation states that the media provides us with the resources to construct our identities. The idea...

The idea that gender is constructed through discourse, and that its meaning varies according to cultural and historical context. The idea...

Who is Stuart Hall? Stuart Hall brings forward the idea that representation is the production of meaning through language, with language...

The Big Issue strives to be an alternative magazine which breaks down the stereotypes of the less privileged people it wants to help....