EVALUATING MY QUESTIONNAIRE BY CAITLIN MACDONALD

QUESTION 1 WHAT GENDER ARE YOU?

Gender

Female

Male

I like how my audience of the questionnaire in equal this means that its fair for both sexes because if it was mainly girl I would get would girls want not what both wants as that is what my magazine is aimed at

QUESTION 2 DO YOU CURRENTLY BUY MUSIC MAGAZINES?

Results

YesNo

Only one person from the questionnaire buys music magazine which isn't good because I want people to buy mine however by me finding out what they want in a magazine this could mean the magazine get brought

QUESTION 3 WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT TO BE IN A MUSIC MAGAZINE? (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION)

Results Interviews of artist

UK Top 40

Back stage coverage

Undiscovered acts

Coverage of fes-tivals and gig

Music News

80% of the response say that that they most want to read about coverage of festivals and gigs closely followed by music news and interviews with 70%, finding this out has help me decide what I want to include in my magazine to please my target audience

QUESTION 4 ON THE COVER WOULD YOU PREFER A BAND OR A SINGLE ARTIST?

Results

Bandsingle

This question has helped me a lot as before I was finding it hard to decide who to put on my cover and I was originally thinking to put a band however finding out that the majority of my audience want a solo artist has made my decision for me.

QUESTION 5 WOULD YOU LIKE THE BAND OR SINGLE ARTIST TO BE, MALE, FEMALE OR A MIXED GENDER BAND?

Results

MaleFemaleMixed band

This has also made my decision easy for me as I now know what the audience directly wants to see on the cover

QUESTION 6 ON AVERAGE WHAT WOULD YOU PAY FOR A MUSIC MAGAZINE?

Results

£1-£2£2-£3£3-£4£4-£5

The answer to this question is very clear what they would this has helped me as I now know what to aim it at without the audience feeling it its too little that the magazine isn't going to be good or that its too expensive for them to buy

QUESTION 7 WHAT COLOURS WOULD YOU WANT ON THE MAGAZINE?

Results

Black RedOrange PurpleGreen BlueYellow Grey

This was a important decision to be made as you need the cover to be attractive as it’s the first thing they see and the colours need to be constant through out and they need to go well

QUESTION 8 DO YOU WANT THE DPS TO HAVE ONE STORY OR MORE THAN ONE?

Results

OneMore than one

Before my questionnaire I was unsure on whether to have one or multiple stories on the double page spread as I didn’t want it to be boring however from this questionnaire I have learnt that having one story on the dps is best as this is what the majority of my audience want

QUESTION 9 WHAT WOULD YOU WANT ON THE DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

Results

Festival/gigs

Music news

interviews

backstage coverage

Because of the theme of music magazine is very general It is hard to know what the audience actually want to read about. I know now that the are most interested in festivals and gigs. Helping me decide what to include in my dps.

QUESTION 10 WHAT TITLE DO YOU LIKE THE MOST?

Results

DiscoveredMain MusicReleasedOther

This question has been very helpful for me as they have helped me choose what to call the magazine and I feel this is one of the most important things of a magazine as it has to be good so the audience are interested in the magazine and they buy it