Questionnaire results summary

For this task for finding out my specification in the music magazine I am going to produce, I published an online questionnaire as well as one printed on paper.

Male	9
Female	9

From the online and the printed questionnaires, there was an equal amount of male and females who completed them which makes my results fair with perspectives from both genders.

11 to 13	0
14 to 16	9
17 to 19	5
20+	4

The people who completed the questionnaire were all aged between 14 and 20+ which would make my results useful towards the planning and making of this magazine as the target audience is from teenagers to young adults.

Yes	5
No	13

	Male	Female
Yes	5	0
No	5	8

If no why?

Too expensive	6
Don’t have time to read it	2
Not interested in the content	2
Waste after reading	1
the information in the magazine can be found online	2

From the majority of the people who completed the questionnaire, most people aged between 14 and 20+ do not buy magazines often, from the results it shows that more males buy magazines more often than females, this suggests that I should aim my music magazine on male teenagers to young adults.

Less than £1	4
£1-£2	4
£2.50-£3	7
More than £3	3

Most people who completed the questionnaire are willing to pay from £2.50-£3. there were an equal amount of people who put down they are willing to pay £1-£2 or less, as the reasons for people not buying magazines frequently was because they were too expensive, I have decided to keep my music magazine at minimum of £2-£2.50.

one music artist (male)	3
One music artist (female)	5
All band members	9
Other	1

	Male	Female
One music artist (male)	2	1
One music artist (female)	4	1
All band members	3	6
Other	0	1

From everyone who completed the questionnaire, the majority have voted that they would like all band members to be on the central image of the front cover but as my target audience are males the majority of the males have put they would like to see one music artist (female) on the front cover of the music magazine, this is go under consideration during the planning of my music magazine as either choice would be affective.

Close up	0
Mid shot	6
Wide shot	1
Other	0

This question was only asked on the printed questionnaires as the online questionnaire had a limit of 10 questions only, this question has only been completed by 7 people (6 males and 1 female) this is not the fairest of results but as my target audience are males I thought this would be useful to my planning and making of my music magazine. It shows that most of the people who completed this questionnaire expect a mid shot in the central image; this would come into consideration during my planning as other angles would also be affective depending on the cover lines.

If you had to choose, which genre of music magazine are you most likely to buy? (Can choose more than one)

pop	8
rock	9
classical	1
indie	2
alternative	1
metal	1
R & B	1
Chinese	2

From the completed question it suggests that people aged between 14 and 20+ prefer rock and pop as a music magazine genre, as I am fairly familiar with the rock as a music genre, I will plan and create a rock magazine.

Informal	15
Formal	3

As the people who completed my questionnaire are all within my target audience range and 83% of them have voted that they prefer informal mode of address for a magazine, it is the mode of address I am going to use when I plan and produce my magazine.

Weekly	8
Every 2 weeks	0
Monthly	7

As it is a very close call between how often the magazine should be published, I am going to go with monthly as I feel monthly magazines can be filled with a lot more information which would help me to fill up the front page of my music magazine.

What age do you think a music magazine should be aimed for?

Teenagers to young adults	5
All ages	2
13-20	5
14 and over	2
16-20	2
16-25	1
16-30	1

From the questionnaire completed the people voted that they feel music magazines are mainly aimed at teenagers to adults (aged between 13 and 20).

celebrity interviews, news and gossip	11
promotions and contests	0
posters and free gifts	4
reviews and concert dates	3

	Male	Female
Celebrity interview, news and gossip	6	5
Promotions and contests	0	0
Posters and gifts	0	4
Reviews and concert dates	3	0

From the results above, it suggests that teenagers and young adults are most interested in celebrity interviews, news and gossip, followed by posters, free gifts, reviews and concert dates, from the previous question as I am aiming at a male audience, as it shows above males are most interested in celebrity interview, news and gossip so I am going to include this in my planning and creating of the magazine to achieve the best possible product.