Media Studies AS

1. EVALUATION QUESTION 3

2. WHAT KIND OF MEDIA MIGHT
DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT
AND WHY?
Most magazines are sold by newsagents and supermarkets such as Asda and
Tesco. Magazines can be sold in many ways though. They could be sold at a
shop or bought in a subscription. If someone really liked my magazine they
could buy a year’s subscription which would make the magazine be
delivered to their house every time a new issue comes out for the year. The
magazine could be used in a sponsor for a music film such as x factor, this
would help enhance the name. The magazine could also be bought of it’s
website or other websites. The magazine itself could have a YouTube
channel which posts content which connects to target audiences on their
internet which would then interest them to buy the magazine. Music
magazines such as smash hits have a television channel which plays music
all day and my magazine could have a channel like that which would play
music all day but also gain fans with this and then they would start buying
the magazine. The magazine would be seen on many places such as a shop,
TV channel, YouTube channel, internet website and more.

3. EVALUATION QUESTION 4

4. WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE
FOR YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT?
My target audience is mass as the genre is pop and that stands for
‘popular’ music so there will be a massive audience. Majority of that
audience will probably be teenage girls from around about the age of
ten to eighteen. The audience isn't really targeted at a specific
ethnicity as any ethnicity would be interested in it but I would
probably say Caucasian girls would be most interested in the
magazine as there are many Caucasian stars but also because the
magazine itself is westernised which makes it more for Caucasians
however in the modern day you could say its for any ethnicity. There
are many other music genres for other races for example reggae and
Caribbean people, Bhangra and Indian people so the pop magazine
could be aimed at Caucasians more than other ethnicities. Other
people could be interested in the magazine as their celebrity crush is
on the cover. These people would be my main audience.

5. EVALUATION QUESTION 5

6. HOW DID YOU ATTRACT/ADDRESS
YOUR AUDIENCE?
My magazine connected with the audience quite well as the candy red and
light blue masthead goes well with the genre and the attractive young male
on the cover will be fancied by the audience. Doing this was a deliberate
attempt to connect with the audience as it is specifically what they are after.
My strap lines mentioned celebrity gossip and a free signed album which will
be well received by teenage girls as they will be especially interested in that.
My sticker and cover lines talked of exclusive interviews, top albums/songs
and new releases which is everything a teenage girl wants to know. One of
my cover lines said there was a free poster of the cover star inside which
would attract the audience as they would buy the magazine and put the
poster on their wall. My double page spread has a picture of the star which
the audience will love but a section where the magazine has an article about
the star which is the magazine asking the star a series of questions and
covering their career which the audience would be very fond of. This
connects with the audience as they want to know everything about their idol.