Timed Essay Question 3

Timed Essay Question 3

Explain how magazine front covers represent social, cultural and political events. Refer to Source A to support your points.

Magazine front covers represent social, cultural and political events for example, the front cover of The Big Issue represents these events. The Big Issue is a very left wing magazine meaning their audience are educated, middle class, middle aged and also left wing themselves so they will have a preferred reading of the text. The image on the front cover is of Donald Trump. Donald Trump is an elite person as he was at the time when this magazine was released the President of the United States which is also an elite nation. However, Donald Trump is right wing, so he is being made fun of, this is shown on the front cover by enlarging his head and making it look to big for his body. Also, the word ‘worst’ used in the sentence “What’s the worst that can happen…” implies that they are concerned that Donald Trump has this much power and believe that it is a global issue, this furthermore portrays Donald Trump in a negative way. Also, on the front cover there is a man running from The White House which implies the magazine are telling people to run for their lives as Donald Trump is now their leader. An image of a topless Putin sitting on an eagle is also shown on the front cover of The Big Issue, an eagle is an iconic symbol of America, so this suggests the power Putin has over America. The magazine is also mocking Putin which implies they also believe Putin is just as bad if not worse than Donald Trump.