To gain more of an 
understanding of the 
public’s opinions on 
magazines and music 
taste, I set up a seven 
question survey in order 
to see what the public 
think. I created my 
survey using 
surveymonkey.comand 
I got 17 responses by 
asking people on social 
networking site in an 
effort to get a diverse 
range of answers. Here 
is the survey that I 
created, I think the 
questions I asked and 
the feedback I received 
will be very helpful for 
the production of my 
magazine. 
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2L5KRCN
Question 1 
100% of the people who 
took my survey are 
between the age of 14- 
20. Despite me not 
getting a range of 
answers, this was very 
helpful for me because 
14-20 is my target age 
range for my magazine.
Question 2 
3 people out of the 17 
answered that they like 
Pop Music, 13 out of the 17 
answered that they like 
Rock Music, and I had the 
one remaining person 
answer ‘Other’ and state 
that ‘Punk’ is their 
favourite genre of music. I 
think these set of results 
are better than my first 
question because of the 
more varied range of 
answers. Also, most 
people answered that 
Rock is their favourite, 
which is my magazine 
genre.
Question 3 
13 people out of the 17 said 
that they do purchase music 
magazines, and the 
remaining 4 people said that 
they don’t buy them.
Question 4 
The 13 people who answered 
this question all said that their 
favourite music magazine is one 
that is of the Rock Music genre. 
The most popular answer was 
Kerrang with 9 answers out of 
13, Rock Sound got 2 answers 
out of 13, and both NME and 
Big Cheese got 1 answer each 
out of 13.
Question 5 
This question was 
especially useful because it 
showed me what people in 
my target audience range 
would want to see in a 
magazine. The least 
popular answer was 
‘Review of Shows’ with 5 
answers out of 17 and the 
most popular answer was 
‘Interviews with Artists’ 
with 15 answers out of 17. I 
now have a better idea of 
what to include in my 
magazine because I can 
see here what people are 
wanting to see more than 
other features.
Question 6 
The results were very close 
for this question. You can 
see that more people prefer 
to buy a new magazine 
every week than every 
month. As I was wanting my 
publication to be a monthly 
thing, my target age range 
refer to have something 
new more often.
Question 7 
I put my top three 
Masthead ideas at the 
end of the survey to see 
which name the survey 
takers thought was the 
best. As I chose Crowd 
Surf for my final name, I 
was hoping that the 
public would like it; and 
they did. This gave me 
more faith in my name 
idea because people 
preferred it over the 
other two. I also liked 
power chord the least, 
and this was how the 
results turned out, so I 
think this was very 
helpful.
I feel that my survey was very helpful and has made 
me gain more of an understanding of what my 
target age range think about magazines. I now 
know not to include some of the features that I 
wanted to put in, I know that my chosen name 
works and appeals to people and I know that the 
majority of magazines that are bought are Rock 
Magazines. I am very happy with my feedback and it 
has really helped me.

Survey Results

  • 2.
    To gain moreof an understanding of the public’s opinions on magazines and music taste, I set up a seven question survey in order to see what the public think. I created my survey using surveymonkey.comand I got 17 responses by asking people on social networking site in an effort to get a diverse range of answers. Here is the survey that I created, I think the questions I asked and the feedback I received will be very helpful for the production of my magazine. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2L5KRCN
  • 3.
    Question 1 100%of the people who took my survey are between the age of 14- 20. Despite me not getting a range of answers, this was very helpful for me because 14-20 is my target age range for my magazine.
  • 4.
    Question 2 3people out of the 17 answered that they like Pop Music, 13 out of the 17 answered that they like Rock Music, and I had the one remaining person answer ‘Other’ and state that ‘Punk’ is their favourite genre of music. I think these set of results are better than my first question because of the more varied range of answers. Also, most people answered that Rock is their favourite, which is my magazine genre.
  • 5.
    Question 3 13people out of the 17 said that they do purchase music magazines, and the remaining 4 people said that they don’t buy them.
  • 6.
    Question 4 The13 people who answered this question all said that their favourite music magazine is one that is of the Rock Music genre. The most popular answer was Kerrang with 9 answers out of 13, Rock Sound got 2 answers out of 13, and both NME and Big Cheese got 1 answer each out of 13.
  • 7.
    Question 5 Thisquestion was especially useful because it showed me what people in my target audience range would want to see in a magazine. The least popular answer was ‘Review of Shows’ with 5 answers out of 17 and the most popular answer was ‘Interviews with Artists’ with 15 answers out of 17. I now have a better idea of what to include in my magazine because I can see here what people are wanting to see more than other features.
  • 8.
    Question 6 Theresults were very close for this question. You can see that more people prefer to buy a new magazine every week than every month. As I was wanting my publication to be a monthly thing, my target age range refer to have something new more often.
  • 9.
    Question 7 Iput my top three Masthead ideas at the end of the survey to see which name the survey takers thought was the best. As I chose Crowd Surf for my final name, I was hoping that the public would like it; and they did. This gave me more faith in my name idea because people preferred it over the other two. I also liked power chord the least, and this was how the results turned out, so I think this was very helpful.
  • 10.
    I feel thatmy survey was very helpful and has made me gain more of an understanding of what my target age range think about magazines. I now know not to include some of the features that I wanted to put in, I know that my chosen name works and appeals to people and I know that the majority of magazines that are bought are Rock Magazines. I am very happy with my feedback and it has really helped me.