2. I thought that the best way to find out what the audience of the
magazine wants is to create a short questionnaire for people to
fill out. I asked basic questions that most/all people would be
willing to answer. I got some silly answers out of this from people
who did not take it seriously, but I will just leave those answers out
as they are not relevant. The questions found out things I would
need to know to assist me in the production of my magazine
design.
3. Female Through this graph, it shows 40 of
0 10 20 30 40 50
Male
the 54 people that answered my
questionnaire were female. I was
aiming for this as I am female also
and the magazines I am basing my
work on are more feminine than
masculine.
ARE YOU MALE OR FEMALE?
4. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
28+
24 - 27
20 - 23
16 - 19
Under 16
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
The most popular age range is
clearly 16 – 19. This was one of the
two main age ranges I was looking
for, and will now base the design of
my magazine around this
information.
5. 0 5 10 15 20 25
Catering Supervisor
Customer Assistant
Mechanic/Builder
Graphic Designer
Receptionist
Postman
Student
Nurse
Waiter/Waitress
Preschool Staff
Administrator
Apprenticeship
Homemaker
None/Unemployed
Looking at the graph, you can see
many people answered this
questionnaire with many different
occupations. The most popular one
is a student as I shared it on social
networks for everyone to click on
the link to answer it. Most of the
people I have on those are
students, as well as myself.
WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION?
6. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Other
Rather not say
English
All but four people who answered
this said they are English. One
person would rather not say. The
other three responses I got were:
Arabian, mixed and ‘black’.
WHAT IS YOUR ETHNICITY?
7. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Other
Rock
Country
House
R&B
Dance
Hip-Hop/Rap
Electronic
Alternative
Indie Rock
Pop/Top 40
From this graph, you can clearly see
that Pop/Top 40 is the most popular
genre that people listen to. I got
people to select all answers that
apply to them because they are
more than likely to listen to more
than one genre of music.
WHAT GENRE(S) OF MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN
TO? (PLEASE SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
8. 0 5 10 15 20
10+ hours
7 - 9 hours
4 - 6 hours
1 - 3 hours
Less than one hour
It is clear in the graph opposite that
the majority of people listen to more
than ten hours of music every week.
HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU SAY YOU SPEND
LISTENING TO MUSIC EVERY WEEK?
9. 0 10 20 30 40
Buy second hand physical
copies
Buy new physical copies
Buy music legally
Stream music legally
This shows that most people buy
music legally, most likely from
something like iTunes.
HOW DO YOU ACCESS YOUR MUSIC?
10. 0 5 10 15 20 25
£15+
£11 - £15
£6 - £10
£0 - £5
I don’t buy music
This graph shows that the majority of
people spend up to £5 a month on
music.
HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU SPEND
ON MUSIC EVERY MONTH?
11. The most popular response I got
from this question was NME.
0 5 10 15
NME
Clash
Music Week
Vice
Billboard
WHAT MUSIC MAGAZINE(S) DO YOU
READ? (PLEASE SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
12. 0 2 4 6 8 10
Freebies
Bright colours
Bold titles
Artists/bands
Upcoming artists
What's inside
Photos
I don’t mind
An artist I like
From this graph, I can see that the
majority of people like seeing
photos and artists on the front cover
of a magazine. They also like to see
bright colours and bold titles, which
would draw people in to look at it
when on a shelf.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE SEE ON THE
FRONT COVER OF A MAGAZINE?
