- The questionnaire results showed that more female respondents listened to music magazines than male, but male listeners were still a large portion, so the magazine will use a gender-neutral design. - The primary target audience is 16-18 year olds, so the magazine will focus more on them than the 21-30+ secondary audience with content like music gig listings. - The most popular genres were pop and rock, which match the magazine's focus, so these will get more coverage than other genres like R&B or indie rock to appeal to a wide audience. - Billboard and Vibe magazines were popular references, so their styles and layouts will be researched to help guide the design of the new magazine.

1. Questionnaire Analysis

2. This graph tells me that there are more females than males who answered my
questionnaire on music magazines, however there is still a large amount that were
males therefore I will still use a gender neutral colour scheme so it appeals to both
genders and not just minimalising it to a specific audience of one gender.

3. My target audience is 16-18 year olds therefore these results are good as I can
continue to make my magazine more for the younger adults and keep the 21-30+
a secondary audience, but still focusing more on the primary ones. This allows me
to center around my main audience and be more informal with my magazine and
involve things that would appeal to them more than it would with the older
audience like gigs.

4. The most popular genre according to my questionnaire is pop and rock, this is
exactly what my magazine is focusing rather than the R&B and indie rock. This is
because rock and pop are more open and varied therefore I will have a wider
audience. Also pop and rock is what the charts is mostly made up of and this is
what my magazine is going to be about.

5. This will help me with what kind of styles and layouts my target audience like
as billboard was the highest result other than other, so this tells me that my
audience would be interested in a magazine that is similar to this one and vibe
was also a popular one. I will try and research more about billboard and vibe
to see what aspects of their magazine I could potentially use in mine.

6. this tells me that the majority of the people answering these questions like to
buy music off iTunes, therefore I can include deals and discounts that will
entice the audience so they can get an album or song cheaper. This could
really help as buying music is quite big within my target audience as 16-20
years olds like to have music ready to buy and download straight to a phone,
so mentioning deals would be a good way to make sure that my audience is
happy.

7. Most of the results show that 1-5 hours is the most popular therefore
may not be bothered about features like reviews and interviews and
more concentrated on the actual music but many people still said more
than 5 hours so including things like reviews will still happen so that more
of the readers are pleased with the content of the magazine.

8. This question will help me a lot as it tells me what is most important to the
readers and attracts them so I know what my main focus is. The
celebrity/artist so the model I will have for my magazine cover will have to
look very professional and much like what people see already in magazine
and on the TV. The music featured is also a high result so I will now research
into music of my genre’s to make sure that it is exactly what the reader is
looking for in these articles.

9. This is going to help me price my magazine as most people said that they
would only pay £1-2 for it. I would like to price my magazine based on these
results at about £2.20 so that way it is an appropriate price for students
which is my target audience and also a good price so that it would possibly
make a profit as other magazines have similar pricing.

10. This is going to help me know exactly what to include in my magazine.
Most people have said that the latest news and interviews is what they
prefer, this means I am going to include more of these articles and
advertise them more on the front cover so that it will attract more people
to buy the magazine and read the content.