The document profiles 4 potential audience members for a pop music magazine:
Sarah Jeffreys (16) enjoys pop music artists and magazines but not fashion style. Jamie Sommers (18) has music tastes, fashion style, and interests aligned with pop genre. Sophie Dai (13) listens mainly to pop artists and reads relevant magazines. Mitchel Howard (20) has some pop music interests but is out of the target age range.
2. #1
Name: Sarah Jeffreys
Gender: Female
Age:16
Hobbies and interests: Sports, using the internet, animals and music
Favourite music artists: Drake, Arctic Monkeys, Taylor Swift and Oh wonder
Favourite clothes shops: Gap, Next, New look and Accessorize
Favourite magazines: Top of the pops, NME and VIBE
Sarah Jeffreys can be a good example for my target audience as she does listen to some
pop music and is interested in some pop music artists, she also enjoys reading pop
music magazines although NME does provide information about indie music as well.
However she wouldn’t, be a perfect example as some of the shops she likes doesn’t
provide a fashion style that relates to pop music so I will not include this style in with my
magazine.
3. #2
Name: Jamie Sommers
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Hobbies and interests: Music, Football and concerts
Favourite music artists: The 1975, Rihanna and Michael Jackson
Favourite clothes shops: Adidas, Nike and Top man
Favourite magazines: Clash, VIBE and Billboard
Jamie Sommers is another example that will be good for an example of te type of
audience for my magazine. This is because his clothes brands can be similar to the pop
music genre style, he enjoys listening to a few pop artists and the magazines he is
interested in all have the style of pop music.
4. #3
Name: Sophie Dai
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Hobbies and interests: Music, Video games, TV and spending time with friends
Favourite music artists: Shawn Mendes, Rihanna, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift
Favourite clothes shops: New Look, Next, Zara and Debenhams
Favourite magazines: VIBE, Top of the pops, Q
Sophie Dai is also a good example for my magazine research as she listens to a lot of
pop music and has a lot of favourite pop artists, and she reads magazines that have the
main topic of pop music. This will help me gain an idea of what type of things my
audience will like so that I can focus on this with my magazine.
5. #4
Name: Mitchel Howard
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Hobbies and interests: Sport, Video games, Music and festivals
Favourite music artists: Ed Sheeran, James Bay and The 1975
Favourite clothes shops: Top man, Adidas, All saints and Urban Outfitters
Favourite magazines: Dazed, Q and NME
I think that Michael Howard would not be a good example of my target audience as he
doesn’t fit the age range of my magazine, however he does like some pop music
artists/bands and reads some magazines that do focus on pop music. His style also fits
the style of my magazine. This could encourage me to change my mind about the age
range of my intended audience, but I don’t think that many 20 years old people will pick
up my magazine as it is focused to a younger reader.