How does the big issue cover you have studied use media language to conduct an alternative representation of an event / group / issue?
The big issue cover i used was of the childs drawing of a home being rubbed out with the heading of council tax. The big issue cover used media language to conduct an alternative representation of the issue of council tax to explore the themes of how council tax is exploiting those in working class homes. The cover is of a child's drawing of a family home and it has a rubber going through it erasing part of the home, with the rubber labelled "council tax". This was intended to represent how council tax is ruining and breaking up these homes - its intended to be emotive as society is very child centered so using a child's drawing which is so innocent to out across the message that they are victims to this too and it affects them massively.
The big issue used language anchorage which had a massive impact - The main cover line was 'WIPE OUT' is written in large red bold letters which stands out of the whole page and brings the readers attention straight to it. Another use of language anchorage was when they said council tax is "forcing people from their homes" which highlights the group of people who are affected by council tax negatively - therefore raising awareness.
'The big issue' is the masthead and is printed in capital large bold black letters against a white background with a black border on the top left corner. the border can represent the 'box' in which the working class and lower class people are stuck in and confined because of the way the system tries to keep us stuck in the same place by things like council tax.
