The document discusses the rationale for choosing a pop genre magazine targeting teenage girls aged 15-19. Research in the form of a questionnaire showed that most magazine readers were in this age range and enjoyed pop music. As a teenage girl herself, the author believes she can relate to the target audience and include eye-catching content. The magazine will feature various pop artists, allowing for diverse topics in a bright, non-serious manner appropriate for its young readership. Market research of magazine covers informed the creation of realistic media products representing the genre.

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I have chosen Pop genre because I am able to see from
my survey that most people reading magazines are aged
roughly 15-18 and have therefore chosen Pop genre as
their favourite genres. I also see Pop as a genre I am able
to work well with as I show a keen interest in Pop genres
therefore I am able to understand the ideas portrayed in
pop genres. Pop is also a well known genre that is very
popular and there are many artists that are under the pop
genre meaning I will have lots of different artists and topics
to include in the magazine cover and double page
spread. Also, pop allows me to make my magazine bright
and lively as it does not have to be too serious because
the readers are mostly young, teenage girls meaning I am
able to relate to the media products I am creating.

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My target audience are girls aged 15-19 because
after my research analysis using a questionnaire, I am
able to see that the majority of people who buy pop
magazines are teenage girls. I also fit into this target
audience meaning I would be able to make the
media products with knowledge that I know is eyecatching to girls of my age. Finally, teenage girls are
able to read and enjoy pop magazines meaning that
the magazine institution company would earn a high
profit because of the high sales they would benefit
from.

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Research I have completed in order to provide enough evidence for
the decisions I have made include a questionnaire in which I created in
order to find a specific target audience and genre. This questionnaire
helped me find my answers after taking into consideration all of the
results. Questions I included consisted of questions about their age,
which allowed me to find out a specific age gap in which my target
audience will be. Another question I included was "what genre of music
do you listen to?" this allowed me to find out what genre people listen to
allowing me to provide a magazine with the most popular genre of
music in order to create the best media product possible with the
outcome applying to a wide audience.
I also completed a "LIIAR" document where I researched different
magazine covers in order to find out what specific details I have to
include whilst creating my media products. I researched the different
conventions/language used in the magazine, the institution in which the
magazine comes from, the ideology behind the magazine, the
audience that the magazine aims at and finally the representation and
the way in which the magazine cover represents specific aspects of the
genre. By researching this, I was able to find out what I needed to
include in my media products to make it as realistic and presentable as
possible for the audience.

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POPwave- this is a catchy, short, snappy magazine name
that can attract teenage readers and is one that is able to
stay in peoples heads meaning they can remember it when
walking into shops and buying it.
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WeeklyPOP- this shows the reader the time span in which
the magazine will be available and also tells the audience
the type of genre that is involved in the magazine, which will
attract the specific target audience.
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MegaPOP- this magazine name also gives the audience an
insight the genre of the magazine meaning it can apply to
the target audience, earning the highest possible income. It
also eye-catching and snappy.