This document contains a survey about magazine audience preferences, asking respondents which magazines they would buy, their preferred magazine masthead, best cover images, importance of a website, favorite article types, ideal color schemes, cover images that encourage purchase, and desired contents page sections. The survey gauges reader interests to help design an appealing new pop music magazine.

1. Magazine Audience Research
By Chelsea Cole

2. Which of these magazines would you
most likely to buy?
Top of the Pops
Billboard
Vibe
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3. Which of the masthead given, would you
prefer for a pop magazine?
Sow!nd
Charts
Up Beat

4. Which of these following main images
would you consider best for the cover
page of my magazines?
Male Artist
Female Artist
Female Group
Male Group
Mixed Group

5. Do you think that it is important to have a
web page on a magazine?
Yes
No
I don’t know

6. What kind of article would you like to in my
magazine?
An interview with
the band/artist
A review of a
group/artist
A review of a CD

7. What kind of colour scheme would you
consider the best?
Red/black/white
Pink/blue white
Purple/pink/blue/
white

8. What kind of cover images would encourage you to buy
a music magazine?
Male artist
Female artist

9. What would you like to see on the
contents page of a music magazine?
Editor's letter
Album review
Downloads
Interviews with
artist/bands
Regulars