Magazine Work

Our Cover

Questionnaire Results

General readership/target audience:

1. All female
2. Between 16 and 17

 

Most answered on each question:

1. Never buy magazines (15)
2. Willing to pay for a magazine, 1.99-2.50 (13)
3. People who like their magazines thick (15)
4. People who prefer a gloss cover (12)
5. People’s favourite artist: Ed sheeran (4)
6. People who would be inclined to buy a magazine if a celeb was on the front cover (17)
7. Favourite music magazine: Rolling stone (5)
8. People who like their magazines to have a monthly theme: don’t mind (13)
9. Likely to subscribe to a magazine: NO (16)
10. A4: (17)
11. People who read magazines online (13)
12. Favourite mainstream artist: Ed sheeran (9)
13. People who like to hear about upcoming artists in magazines: yes (16)

 

Our Readership:

• Female
• Heterosexual
• People who are up to date with technology
• Teens
• All Ethnicities
• Athiest
• Secondary education – possibly sixth form or college?
• Like to buy Addidas, Nike, Topshop, New Look, Hollister, Urban Outfitters, Primark
• Media Interests: Celebrity stories, Social Media, Popular TV shows (Stranger Things, Teen Wolf etc.)
• B, C1 C2 D class systems
• Not keen interest in politics or economy, more ‘trivial’ interests

Magazine Questionaire

What is your gender?

How old are you?

How often do you buy magazines?

How much would you be willing to pay?

How do you like your magazines (thick or thin, gloss or matte)?

Who is your current favourite pop artist?

Would you be more inclined to buy a magazine if it had a celebrity on the cover?

What is your current favourite music magazine?

Do you like your magazine to have a monthly theme?

Are you likely to subscribe to a magazine?

Do you prefer A5 or A4 magazine size?

Do you read magazines online?

Who is your favourite mainstream artist from the list?

Do you like to hear about new and upcoming artists in magazines?

Reflection

How successful is your magazine cover in your opinion? What makes it successful? What feedback have you gained? Outline

In my opinion, my magazine cover was relatively successful, as I fel we stuck to our brief and acknowledged the feedback on what our readership would like. From the feedback sheets, I was able to find out that most of our readers highly rated the realism of our cover, and the consistency of our font.

What genre is your magazine?

Our magazine is a popular music genre magazine.

Did you attempt to conform to, or subvert conventions? Which ones and why?

I attempted to conform to conventions as I included a well known artist on the front, however I felt we subverted conventions slightly as we chose to include interviews from artists that arent as well known. By doing this we aimed to expand the mindsets of our readers.

Who is the target audience? How have you appealed to your target audience?

Our target audience was teenage girls, and we aimed to attract them by having a catchy name and including a sterotypically attracyive male artist on the front.

How did your questionaire results inform your final product?

The results of our questionaire decided the price, the thickness, the feel, the artist on the cover, whether or not to include a monthly theme, whether to have a subscription option, its size and whether to include information or new and upcoming artists.

What groups are represneted? How and why are they represented?

White males, White females, and black males are represented.

Questions about our magazine

Do you like having popular artists on the front, and if so, what other pop artists would you like to see?

• Yes and rappers e.g. Kendrick or Stormzy
• Yes Stormzy
• Yes, Dua Lipa, Mabel

Do you think our magazine is mainstream or niche? How can you tell?

• Mainstream - Ed Sheeran X 3

Would you like us to branch out into political/current issues? Why?

• No, prefer just being about music
• Yes, not too many articles based on this though
• Yes, people arent always going to be aware, want to be informed

Who do you think our target audience is? How can you tell?

• Young adults/teenagers - girls - main artist - melody title, feminine
• Young adults - type of artist
• Young adults/teens - pop artist

Would you be happy to pay the price we have chosen? If not, what would you prefer?

• Yes X3

Is there anything else we could add to this front cover?

• No X3