Questionnaire replies
- 2. AgeNumber of Replies backAge groupI had sent out 80 questionnaires, 20 to each category, but I only received 40 replies, mostly from teenagers and young adults. I have decided that my target audience will be for people between the age of 14 and 25.
- 3. What type of music do you listen to?I decided to find out what type of music Muslim people listened to, and I found that RnB was the most popular and Nasheeds came 2nd. I decided to do my magazine on Nasheeds because there are a lot of RnB magazines available to individuals, and Nasheed magazines are hard to find.
- 4. Are you familiar with Islamic Nasheeds?As my questionnaire was sent to Muslims, all the people that replied were familiar with Nasheeds.
- 5. Who are your favourite Nasheed artists?Number of peopleName of artistsI wanted to know which artist people liked and wanted to know about, so I could feature the individual in my magazine, to get readers interested. By looking at my results Ahmed Mansuri was the most liked artist.
- 6. How often do you read Music magazines?Number of peopleHow often Magazines are readBy asking this question I wanted to see how familiar they are with music magazines, and how often my magazine should be issued. People tended to read magazines at least once a month.
- 7. How often do you think music magazines should be issued?By asking this question, it allowed me to know how often readers buy magazine, and how often it should be issued. Majority of the people said that music magazines should be issued once a month.
- 8. How much are you willing to pay?Number of peopleAmount of moneyMajority of people are willing to pay between £1.50-£3.50. This question was important, because I needed to know how much I should sell my magazine for. I don’t want to make it too expensive or then no one will buy it.
- 9. What would you like to see in the magazine?It is important to know the needs of my reader and what will interest them. Nearly half of my sample said they would like more interviews.
- 10. What is your favourite music magazine?Number of peopleTypes of magazinesI decided to ask individuals what is their favourite music magazine so I could use ideas from that magazine to help me. Majority of people said ‘Q’.
- 11. What do you think makes a magazine stand out from its competitors? For this question not many people gave an answer, but the majority of people who did answer this question said that to make a magazine stand out from its competitors it needs something new, something that other magazines haven’t thought of.