research analysis
- 1. Girls Boys Gender The gender of the people who took my questionnaire are as follows, however this will not make a big difference to my magazine. As you find most music magazines do not target one specific gender.
- 2. 10-15 yrs 16-20yrs 21-25yrs 25+ yrs Age From my results, I can see that people aged from 16-20 years old took my questionnaire, which is good because I am apart of that age bracket so I would know what would be appealing to that specific age group. So my target audience would be 16- 20years old.
- 3. Pop HipHop RnB Indie Preferred music genre When asking about the preferred music genre “Pop” was a popular choice. So I came to the conclusion that I would base my music magazine on Pop music as that was the preferred music genre when doing my research .
- 4. Never Every week Every month Every so often How often do you buy a music magazine? By asking this question it helped me find out how often I should do an issue and since the majority of my responses said monthly I would most likely do a monthly magazine instead of weekly.
- 5. £3.00 £4.00 £2.00 £6.00 £1.00 £5.00 How much would you buy a magazine for ? A popular price from my respondents was £3.00 suggesting that this was the amount many people are willing to pay for a music magazine, which made me come to the conclusion that the price of my magazine is going to be £3.00 as anything more expensive would not appeal to my audience especially as the age is 16-20 years old so their income wouldn't be that high.
- 6. Cover image Cover lines Free gifts Price Masthead What appeals you to a magazine? The majority of my audience claimed that cover lines appealed to them when choosing a magazine, so when designing my magazine I would definitely use buzz words and articles with interesting cover lines as this is what appeals to my audience.
- 7. What would you expect to see in a pop magazine? Interviews Articles about a popstar Exclusive gossip Top trends Album reviews 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 My research shows that the majority of readers of pop magazines will expect to see interviews with pop star icons, so this will definitely be featured in my magazine .
- 8. What kind of adverts would you like to see in a music magazine? New editions Fashion Games Concerts Technology Most of my target audience would like to see fashion advertised in my magazine and since I am doing a pop magazine called “JUICY” there would be a lot of fashion icons which are pop stars as most pop stars set the fashion trends so fashion would most definitely be advertised.
- 9. Do you currently buy music magazines ? Yes No The majority of people buy music magazines meaning there is a lot of competition as some people are loyal to a specific magazine so I would need to make my magazine very intriguing for my readers so I can stand out from the crowd .