2. QUESTION 1, WHAT GENDER ARE YOU?
MALE – 8
FEMALE – 12
I decided to make sure that I was to ask an equal
amount of females to the same amount of males to
get two different perspectives from at males to
females to mix the results together so my magazine
will be appealing for both genders.
3. QUESTION 2, HOW OLD ARE YOU?
2
3
14-19
20-24
25-29
3
12
30+
I decided to ask this question on my questionnaire to find out
what the range age was to find out what target audience would be best
suitable for the magazine, what I found out was that the biggest range was
from the age of 14-24 as I believe that’s the target audience for dance
music and not just a magazine, this question has helped me realise what
type of magazine I can make to ensure that my target audience likes it
and it fits in well with all the styles and colours so the readers wont want to
buy the magazine.
4. QUESTION 3, HOW MUCH WOULD YOU BE
WILLING TO PAY FOR A MUSIC MAGAZINE?
£5.00+
£4.00 - £4.99
£3.00 - £3.99
£2.00 - £2.99
£1.00 - £1.99
£0.00 - £0.99
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
I Asked this question because I wanted to know a rough idea
on what sort of price my magazine would have. By looking at my results
you can see that the most popular answer for the price of a magazine is
around £2.00 - £2.99. This now gives me a rough idea on what to price
my magazine at and I will now know whether the price I wanted to do is
too high or too low with these results that I have been given.
5. QUESTION 4 HOW OFTEN DO YOU BUY MUSIC
MAGAZINES?
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Weekly
Bi-Weekly
Monthly
Yearly
This was a useful question to ask on my questionnaire as it tells
me when readers buy their magazine, it also helps me to decide on what
the frequency of publication and the size of the issue would be. Because
the most popular answer was monthly it shows me that the issue size of
my magazine needs to be big as it should be big enough to be able to be
published every month.
6. QUESTION 5, WHAT 3 THINGS WOULD YOU
WANT TO SEE IN A MUSIC MAGAZINE
REGULARLY?
5
Gossip
8
Tour Dates
4
2
6
Releases
Images
Information
8
Interviews
10
4
Latest News
Facts
12
Charts
For this question I wanted to compare my content to what the audience
think. By asking this question it shows me what the target audience
actually wants to see in the magazine giving me initial ideas on what I
can feature on the contents page to make the target audience happy
and want to buy the magazine again.
7. QUESTION 6, WHEN THINKING OF DANCE MUSIC,
WHAT ARTIST/DJ/BAND DO YOU THINK OF FIRST?
4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
DJ Nancy DJ Fresh Teisto
Beyonce
Avicii
Calvin
Harris
David LMFAO
Guettua
I decided to ask this question to see what type of
artists/DJ’s/bands my audience liked and it would give me a
better view on the type of people the audience would want to
see in the magazine. This research helped me to decide who to
put into the magazine and what kind of variety of acts to put into
the magazine so it doesn’t look repeated and set out on the
same theme.
8. QUESTION 7, WOULD YOU RATHER SEE
INTERVIEWS AND IMAGES IN A MUSIC MAGAZINE OR
FACTS AND IMAGES
INTERVIEWS AND IMAGES –
14
FACTS AND IMAGES – 6
When asking this question it showed me what I could do on my
double page spread, it shows me that the target audience would
prefer to read an interview with an artist than facts about that
certain artist, this research was helpful because I tells me what I
can do for my double page spread to ensure that the magazine
is appealing to the target audience.
9. QUESTION 8, WHAT INCENTIVES WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SEE IN A MAGAZINE?
Free CD's
Competitions
Quizzes
Posters
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
I thought that by asking this question I thought that it would be useful
to me to see what the audience wants and also to see what I could
involve in my magazine. By the result of this being that competitions
was the favourite answer it tells me that when including incentives in
the magazine then I can include a competition because its what the
audience wants.
10. QUESTION 9, WHAT COLOURS DO YOU MOST
INDICATE WITH DANCE MAGAZINES?
Red
5
13
Pink
9
Yellow
Orange
5
8
Green
Blue
Purple
2
6
6
7
White
Black
When asking this question I wanted to know the three most popular
colours that my target audience like, and what they think relate to the
dance music. This research was helpful to me as it shows what colour
schemes and the house style of the magazine and seeing which colours
would look best on a dance music magazine.
11. QUESTION 10, WHAT ARE THE FIRST THREE
WORDS THAT COME INTO YOUR HEAD WHEN
THINKING OF DANCE MUSIC?
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
I needed to ask my target audience this question because I wanted a
relatable word to fit in with my title of the magazine, when doing this I
wanted to make sure that my magazine title was catchy so that the
name would be remembered and recognisable. This questionnaire
helped me with my research because it tells me what words people
associate with dance music which is the genre that m magazine is
based around.
12. QUESTION 11, WHAT FONT DO YOU PREFER FOR A
DANCE MAGAZINE?
4
6
1
1
3
5
I chose to ask this question because I wanted to see what people thought
of different fonts and also what sort of type of typography I would need to
see what I could find so that it would make my titles and fonts that would
go into the magazine to make the font fit in well with the genre. This
question helped me with my research because it shows me what sort of
font I need to be looking for and what ones to stay away from.
13. QUESTION 12, WOULD YOU PREFER MORE IMAGES
THAN TEXT IN A MAGAZINE?
IMAGES – 18
TEXT – 2
For this question I wanted to see how I could set my double page
spread out, by showing that the target audience preferred images
to text showed that I could make the images on the page bigger
to make it seem like there is a lot less text than people make out
that there is. This research has helped me decide the layout of
the magazine and shows what the audience likes. I can also tell
the audience information through images and it being more
effective so the audience find the magazine appealing.
14. QUESTION 13, DO YOU BUY ANY OTHER MUSIC
MAGAZINES?
YES – 4
NO – 16
I wanted to see that if my target audience were to read another
dance magazine then what would the competition be, Because the
top answer was no it means that I can look into other magazines
and see how they become popular but making sure nothing from
the competitors magazine is the same as what my magazine would
have.
15. QUESTION 14, WHAT PARTS OF A MAGAZINE DO
YOU MOST ENJOY READING?
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Interveiws
Facts
Hotspots
Latest News
Quizzes
Tour Dates
When asking this question I wanted to get an idea of what to
include in my magazine to make me realise what people
wanted to see and what they didn’t want to see. By asking this
question it gives me a better idea of what I could involve in the
magazine to make it look more interesting and what I could
involve in my magazine so that people would actually want to
read it.
