Introduction
As a group we had to ask 10 people each. We had to make sure that it would be a fair questionnaire. So we had to get equal responses from both genders by asking 5 girls and 5 boys to fill out the questionnaire.
I chose to focus on asking students who were in my college instead of the general public unlike Lauren who wanted to find out what young adults outside our college thought. After collecting the responses from my target audience i found out that:
Boys:
The majority of boys are aged 16-18 and they hardly brought any magazine's and if so they would only buy it for a specific reason, such as a technology magazine. The majority of the boys said "If they were to buy a magazine they would be more interested in the picture and style of the magazine", instead of what is inside the magazine. Most of the males wanted to see Review on music,articals on concerts/events and interviews. This showed me what the males were intrested and what i'd have to include in my magazine for it to attract males, instead of producing a biase magazine.
All of the boys were attracted to bright colours that caught their attention and the fonts used on the magazine. When asking them what magazine they would be attracted to more, a majority of the boys picked an Indie/Rock magazine such as 'NME' and 'Kerrang¬!', which shows what kind of music magazine boys would be interested in and fits my chosen genre.
The second dominant genre of music picked was R&B, which was a similar result from another questionnaire from our group. There were harldy any 'other' boxes ticked, showing that they were the main music genres to be included in the magazine.
The average amount taken from the pie chart for how much they would like to pay for a magazine would be around £2.00 - £2.50 indicating how much i would sell my magazine, if i put a price on it.
Girls:
The age of girls was the same as boys, mostly 16-18 years old. Majority of the female brought magazine's 'very often' unlike the males, indicating that my magazine may slighlty appeal to females more.
Like the boys, the girls are also attracted to magazines with loads of images. Although they were more intrested in articals and issues that would be in the magazine. They wanted to see interviews with celebrities included and tips with fashion and 'new trends' surronded with bold colours. The genre they mostly picked was Indie/Rock and once again R&B, showing me that these two music genre were the most popular with young adults.
The girls mostly brought KERRANG,NME and Vibe, giving me an idea of what kind of magazine they are intrested in. KERRANG! and NME are two magazine that fit the Indie/Rock genre.
Most of the females said that they would pay £2.00-£2.50 for a magazine, however some said they would pay above £2.50.
Conclusion:
From looking at the results from the questionnaire, i found out that both of the genders were interested in the genre Indie/Rock, showing me what genre i should base my magazine on.
Furthermore, the magazine should include interviews with celebrities, posters, up and coming concerts and events and must use bright and bold colours as well as loads of images to attract my target audiences attention. Finally, i will sell my magazine for around £2.00-£2.50 so that my target audience will buy my magazine.
Excellent research into a potential target audience
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