A Level Media

Analyse why The Big Issue magazine has used an Intertextuality approach to the referendum on its front cover. Intertextuality  is the relationship between texts. The Big Issue used Intertextuality on the cover of this paper that's talking about Brexit, the cover shows four politicians: Nicola Sturgeon, David Cameron, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, they are only their heads and are placed on top of the famous Swedish pop group Abba. Only an older audience will get this and find it funny as the group was mainly popular from 1974-1982 so their younger readers won't get this. They are very clever with how they use the Intertextuality as everything they are saying links to the name or lyrics of one of Abba's songs, for example David Cameron is saying 'Knowing me, knowing EU' this would be funny as it's a pun of one of Abba's songs called 'Knowing me Knowing you' so although this pun is smart and funny it is only relevant to those who know Abb...

This cover for the Big Issue is focusing on Prince Harry, its very typical for the Big Issue to have one huge picture of a person that takes up the whole cover with small writing on the side. This picture of Prince Harry is very stereotypical as almost all the time Prince Harry is in a suit looking smart for the public and media, it also keeps his image as he is known as serious yet funny as he is caught laughing at something. The angle is a straight on shot just showing his head so the readers know what their focusing on. At the bottom left of the cover it say 'Prince Harry Man on a Misson', for most people they wont know what they mean and lots of people are interested in the royal family so will read that and buy it just to find out what's going on, yet it would catch their eye any way as their is a yellow banner behind it and the writing is blue. This particular newspaper is aimed at older people as not many younger people would be interested in the royal family...

Similarities: Small master head Column style -text based (no images) Authoritative, persuasive tone Subheading= outline opinion Based on current affairs 2-3 different comment articles Differences: Guardians got more statistics Guardian has bigger vocabulary so it meant for more educated people but also due the the price difference compared to the Daily Mail Daily Mail is easier to read Guardian is more factual Consider why people return to the same newspaper title repeatedly and feel that it represents their own views that they can identify with. How is this particularly obvious with the comment page. People return to the same newspaper title as they feel it reflects their opinion so they feel as if they are right so continue to read. Which paper might satisfy the audience's need for entertainment the most? What kind of escapism does it offer readers and which articles provide the most en...

Daily Mail : This article about the 5 Presidents by the Daily Mail keeps it short and tells the necessary things yet they don’t always keep it formal for example they call it a ‘love-in’ instead of a meeting or gathering, this is just one example of how they lay it out for younger readers. The story does seem trust worthy as there is a picture of the 5 presidents which hasn’t ever happened before so it does seem to be legit. The article is very informative and gives the facts, yet does seem to try and make things seem worst for example they don’t say the presidents don’t mention Trump they word it to make it worse, they say ‘they all AVOID mentioning Trump’, this make it sound like they all hate Trump and don’t want anything to do with him yet some could be good friends and agree with him. It does miss some details though like where it was held and how much money was raised. When reading the article it feels like they have added their own personal opinion especially when they say t...

Massive Attack are an English trip hop band formed in Bristol (1988), the band consists of 4 members Robert '3D' Del Naja, Grant 'Daddy G', Marshal and Andy 'Mushroom'. Overall Massive Attack have around 16 albums: Blue Line (1991) Massive Attack EP (1992) Protection (1994) No Protection (1995) Protection- The Remixes (1995) Mezzanine (1998) Singles 90/98 (1998) 100th Window (2003) Danny The Dog (2004) Bite Size (2006) Mezzanine- The Remixes (2006) 100th Window- The Remixes (2006) Collected (2006) Splitting The Atom (2009) Heligoland (2010) Ritual Spirit (2016) What really launched their career as a mainstream band was their album 'Blue Lines'. 'Unfinished Sympathy' was released as the second single from 'Blue Lines' on 11th February 1991. Massive Attack are signed to three record labels: Virgin Records, EMI and Empire Distribution. I would describe their music genre as hip hop. The music video for t...