Questionnaire Results

 

In order to create a magazine that will appeal to a specific target audience i had to collect results from a wide range of people in order to see what is the most popular and how it would sell. I used the US reader profile of the Rolling Stone as a style model. They appeared to appeal more to 18-24 year olds due to the content, mainly adults without children and mainly male. This is the opposite of my target audience as i would like to appeal to a 16-18 year old male and females.

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My Questionnaire

Here is a copy of a questionnaire that I distributed to 50 students. I chose to ask 10 people from different year groups and from different social groups to answer my questionnaires. I chose 25 boys and 25 girls, 5 from each group.

What is your gender?

Male                          Female

What is your age?

-10                  11-15              16-18              18-21              21+

What is your favourite style of music?

Rock              Pop                Indie               Classical                    Folk                 Hip-hop Rap                        Grime                        Electronic                 Jazz                Pop-rock Other____________________

What do you usually listen to music on?

iPod               Laptop          Phone           TV       Internet         CD      Other

How often do you buy music magazines?

Never             Once a week          More than once a week             Once a month More than once a month          

What price would you expect to pay for a music magazine?

£0-1                £1-2                £2-3                £3-4                £4-5                £5+

What type of music magazines are you interested in?

Rock              Pop                Indie               Classical                    Folk                 Hip-hop Rap                        Grime                        Electronic                 Jazz                Pop-rock      Other

What do you buy a magazine for?

Articles           Artists              Freebies        Music downloads              Genre                    Other____________________

What would you want included in a magazine?

Articles           Artists              Freebies        Music downloads              Genre                    Other____________________

What colours attract you most to a magazine?

Red                White             Black              Green            Yellow           Pink          Purple      Blue                Brown                        Orange         Other____________________

Article research

Contents page analysis

Front cover research

Before starting my magazine, me and Rebecca went around the school to take several photos. I took photos of  classes, the building and the surrounding area. I chose blue and yellow as my theme as it is the same colour as the logo. I used a photo of Rebecca in front of the school entrance on my front cover to show my main headline, I thought the photo was relevant. I used other subtitles to show other stories within the magazine than might be of more interest to students. I have seen this theme throughout other magazines and it looks most appropriate.

I chose to use the same person on the contents as I did for the cover so there is a theme. I stuck to the same colour scheme and used a relevant photo. I made it a simple layout so it was easy to read for the younger years and I decided against adding extra photos so it wouldn't appear cluttered and used a longer border photo instead. I also chose to keep the back ground on the photo rather than cropping it out so it gives the page more of a natural feel.