Analysis of music magazine questionnaire results

Analysis of music magazine questionnaire results

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  Analysis Of MusicMagazine Questionnaire Results
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  Although it seemsto be quite a simplistic question, it will help me find a colour that most people will be drawn to on average. The results show that Red is the primary preference when it comes to an alternative/indie magazine, although Black and Yellow are both colours that seem fairly popular also. This information is going to be for the font colour or the masthead colour.
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  This information tellsme that my target market (16- 2. How Many Magazines Do You Purchase 20 year olds) largely buy magazines only once a Each Month? year, although a significant proportion do not buy magazines and buy them once or twice a month. No I don't Buy magazines This question also tells me that not many people buy magazines every day or regularly or even 3 or 4 Yes, roughly once a year times a month. I gather from this information that my magazine Yes, once or twice a month should be a monthly subscription and not a weekly one, as the biggest market buy a magazine once a Yes, three or four times a month year. It would be a bad idea to do a yearly Yes, Every day magazine, and so making a monthly magazine appeals to the largest trend that is possible.
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  This question helpsme to fins out just exactly how 3.In An Article Of A Magazine, How Many popular pictures are in magazines. The trend Pictures Would You Like To Accompany suggest that everybody enjoys at least some form The Article? of picture(s) on an article, and that the majority of consumers would prefer 2 pictures to an article. I None will take this into account, although it would seem 1 Picture relatively boring to only have 2 pictures on every 2 Pictures page. I will counter this by appealing to most of 3 Pictures the target audience, showing 2, 3, 4, or 5+ 4 Pictures pictures on each article via variation. 5 + Pictures
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  4. In ALocal Magazine, What Kind Of Article Asking this question to my target audience enables me to know how to attract their Would Attract Your Attention The Most? attention when writing articles. The results suggest that people do not read information that worries them, but do read Shocking articles that are Entertaining shocking, entertaining, funny, interesting, a Funny nd informing. Due to this, I will be trying to Interesting very my style of writing articles to that it Informing covers all 5 of the categories that people Worrying seem to like, paying special attention to entertaining information and interesting information.
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  5. As a16-24 year old, what do you look for Although this question may seem open when it comes to your perfect magazine? ended, I wanted to see how the target audience would respond to see if I could obtain any useful information when it RESPONSES: comes to producing articles for people like -well written content and enticing exclusive them to read. Although I may of received features some ridiculous responses, I feel this -a mixture of pictures and texts and question has also given me some useful introducing new artists information. -sloths For example, looking at these responses -interesting cover stories tells me a good magazine does not have too -stuff that has meaning to me/ stuff that I'm much text, has good pictures, has exclusive interested in features, has to be relevant, covers a range of topics, includes information on relevant -covering a wide range of topics, but still bands/artists/festivals/gigs, and introduces focusing on what the magazine is based on new artists. -includes bands/artists I like includes info on festivals/gigs -Interesting, not too much text -Genre and bands
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  6. What CatchesYour Eye First On a Magazine Front Cover? This question has given me some serious direction when it comes to the front cover of the magazine. The picture Everybody that I asked replied that The title The cover stories they are attracted by the picture on The Bar Code the front cover the most, and Advertisements therefore I will have to think about a Teasers good picture that can go on my front Other cover.
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  7. What qualitiesmake an article interesting to read? I thought that asking this -how well written it is type of question would -new n upcoming artists r gr8 give me more insight into -interesting and key information about the the perfect article, and it has given me lots of article, and not too much writing. pictures - relevant information that with it to keep it interesting will help me with my -quality of the writer article writing techniques. -Not making it longer than needed -Ones that have meaning to you -Buzzwords -range of pictures to accompany it -If it’s new and opinionated.
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  8. When doesa magazine article become boring in your eyes? -if it drags on without sounding entertaining -when it’s too long and doesn't have pictures -too much writing -lack of engagement This question has shown me that in order to -when it’s too long write a successful article, I will need to -When there is too much text and not enough keep my texts short and my pictures eye- pictures catching. I will also have to be relevant to -When it’s too long the music genre I have chosen and not -if I’m not interested in that subjects/person or divert some something completely if it’s not written very well, perhaps if its -too unrelated. long -If it were in my eyes it would be f@*!$#g painful! When the magazine isnt related to the genre it is advertising such as metal going off topic to pop.
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  9. What musicgenre do you orientate towards the most? This question was to see which of -rock, metal the people that took my -indie/ progressive r n b questionnaire would have actually -rock been in my target audience. Since I will branch out from -hard rock - metal alternative/indie in my magazine, I -Pop will be able to incorporate a wider -Alternative amount of genres into the magazine -rock itself. Rock seems to be the most -Metal popular, and metal (which I will be -1 Skipped question. unable to introduce)
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  Finally, this questionwas to see what grabs the 10. Do You Prefer an Article That Writes attention of the reader the most. Results suggest that in order to appeal to my target Formally Or Informally? audience, I will have to be informal. This was something I had already decided to do so that I could relate to the young target audience (used to informality). Informally Formally Other