Survey Results and Analysis

1.    What gender are you?

-      66.7% of people who answered were female and 33.3% were male, so my magazine should have more female aspects in aswell as men.

2.   How old are you?

-      77.8% of people who answered were aged 14-17 with 11.1% being 8-13 and 26+

-      So my main target audience is teens going into young adult.

3.   What music Genre do you listen to?

-66.7% answered R&B and Rap

-33.3% chose Indie

-11.1% metal and 11.1% chose clubland

- so my music Genre of my magazine should be R&B and Rap as this genre seems to be the most popular choice of music.

4. when looking at a magazine, what colour scheme works best?

  - Red, white and black had the highest ratings with 66.7% of the vote.

  -pink, purple and white came in at 3^rd with 11.1% of the vote

  -black, pink and white 22.2%

  -Green, blue and yellow with 0%

  -Red white and black came out with the highest vote, this is the colour scheme i will use as it fits in with the target audience and Fits the colour scheme of the VIBE magazine cover.

5.Which music magazines do you buy? Please specify..

   -top of the pops- This is quite a childish magazine and not in       my desired target audience range.

   -Metal Hammer- Is a Heavy metal magazine and even though its not the main Genre i would like i could still add elements of metal in the magazine.

   -NME

   -Q

 -Shout/Mizz/ELLE-These three magazines aren’t really music based but still have elements of music in them.

 

6.How often do you buy a music magazine?

  -Every day-0% this shows that people dont tend to buy music magazines religiously.

  -twice a week-0%

  -Once a week-0%

  -every fortnight- only 11.1% of people who answered bought a music magazine every fortnight

  -once a month-33.3% this shows music magazines are purchared on average once a month. If at all.

  -Rarely-55.6%

7.When looking through a music magazine would you prefer other interests as well?

-88.9% of people selected Yes. With the highest option being fashion as the highest other interest.

-11.1% selected to have no other interests in a music magazine.

Overall Analysis.

My magazine should be mainly aimed at women who are young adults or older teenagers. The main genre will be R&B and hip-hop with a colour scheme of Red, white and black and should be sold monthly and have elements of fashion in.