Article Research

Publication Plan

Audience Research

 

I asked the question if they were male or female to find out who would respond to the idea of the magazine in the best way. However, as it is a questionnaire I chose who I was asking and the results that I collected will have more females shown. I can also look at whether the gender will effect the other questions when it comes to "favorite colour" 

 

I asked a question based around peoples favourite colour. I wamted to find out what colours people would best respond to when the magazine is made. Purple and green came out as the favourite colour in the questionnaire. I do think that these colours have associations with the indie genre and look forward to using these as a main feature in my colour collection.

 

I wanted to find out what peoples favourite band and/or artist is to see what I should feature in my magazine. I didnt want to feature a band that wouldnt appeal to the audience or the genre that follows. Bloc Party and Coldplay got the highest marks however it was only one mark higher than the others because there is such a wide variety that has grabbed the indie genre. I will use these as a main feature in my magazine but still use the others as they are clearly remeberable by the audience.

 

I asked how often people will buy a music magazine to determine what music magazines readers usually go for. every other month was shown more poplular than any other and I will take that into consideration when writing down the issue date.

 

This graph answers the questions whether the readers enjoy reading reviews and letters in the magazine. I wanted to find out if the audience was solely interested in the pictures and feature articles or whether they enjoy everything that the magazine offers them. The people that I have asked has shown that they do enjoy reading them and this will be thought of when I put my magazine together.

 

I asked the question "what three words would you associate with Indie". I wanted to see what should feature in the magazine and what image could be placed in the border or be written about to entertain the audience. Festivals were shown to be popular more that the others so I will use this as an article to write about and I will consider using the others in the magazine but maybe not a feature.

 

I wanted to find out what people actually look forward to when reading a magazine. It shown that gossip and the artists are the main reason people will read a music magazine. I will include this in my magazine appealing to a wider audience.

 

I asked the question about font to find out what people look for in a magazine and the message each connotation sends. Font 2 came out more popular that any od the others, this is not too bold and not too elegant, it relates perfectly to the genre of the magazine.

 

I wanted to asked whether people enjoy having lots of pictures in the magazines they read. The result came out as yes. Ive seen many magazines use pictures in their contents page instead of words and think that this is quite effective, I will consider this when doing my magazine.

Questionnaire Audio Video

This is a video recoring of me asking Paige my Questionnaire questions.

Questionnaire Audio Recording

This is a voice recording of me asking the questionnaire to someone else. We did this during the lesson so we could collect the results in a variety of different ways. It also highlights the interaction between me and the person answering the questionnaire. This was a much easier way of collecting the research as you could get a better idea of what people want in a magazine.

Questionnaire

Questionnaire

1.      Gender

 

Male              female

 

2.      What is your age?

 

 

3.      Do you enjoy reading music magazines?

 

Yes              No

 

4.      What is your favourite colour(s)?

 

 

5.      What are your favourite indie band and/or artist?

 

 

6.      How often do you buy a music magazine?

 

Weekly          Every other month          Monthly          When you have time

 

7.      Do you enjoy reading the reviews and fan mail in a magazine?

 

Yes             No

 

8.      When three words do you associate with indie music?

 

 

9.      What are you most excited about reading when you buy a magazine?

 

The band gossip          New artists          Readers letters          Certain articles

 

10.  Out of the three choices below, which is your favouite tyopgraphy?

 

This              This             This

 

11.  Do you like having loads of pictures on contents page?

 

Yes             No

Initial Plans