Task 8

Questionnaire Tally of answers
Question
1. males: 8 Females: 12

2. never: 7 sometimes:6 Frequently: 6 all the time: 1

3. Electronic
rock
alternative
Dance
Rock
Rock
Pop
Pop
Indie
Indie
Rock
Alternative
Alternative
Pop
Alternative
Rock
Rock
Rock
Indie
Alternative, pop
Alternative
Rock

4. Rock sound
NME
NME
Q
NME
NME
Q
NME
NME
NME
NME
Q
Q
KERRANG
Rocksound/RWD
KERRANG
KERRANG
KERRANG/Rocksound
NME
KERRANG

5. Reasons for magazine choice where such as; good quality posters included, Reliable contents, lots of content, like the music inside, has a bit of everything, appeals to interests, covers a range of music, includes favourite groups, genres covered, suits interests, likeability factor.

6. Favourite bands: Breaking Benjamin, Libertines, Paramore, Pink, Little Boots, La Roux, Taylor Swift, Enter Shakari, Rusko, Paramore, Rise Against, Taylor Swift, Kings of Leon, Beyonce, Beyonce, Kings of Leon, Three Days Grace

7. Individuality, Clothing style, mixture, guitars, new, uniqueness, skinny jeans, hats, stretched ears, frogs, colours, fun, films, drums, randomness.

8. Good bands featured, good artists, pictures, colours, cover, images, layouts, exclusive headline, colours and known bands, posters, if its different, cover stories, bright colours, boldness

9. too expensive, too much un-necessary gossip, Celebrity gossip, too similar, boring, too much writing, Stories that drag, focused on one main genre, too many adverts*

10. different genres, interviews*, fashion side of music, more band articles, gig dates and reviews, gifts, more pictures/posters, Bands, latest news, gigs, clothing lines, competitions/offers, more on favourite artists, more on unsigned acts.

11. £1-2: 3 £2-3: 9 £3+: 8

12. gigs, what’s new, what’s new, gigs, clothing, bands, latest news, interviews, gossip, gossip, interviews, stories, behind the scenes, movie/music gossip, gig information, bands, bands, interviews, up and coming albums, lyrics.

13. all 20 people where ages between 16-19

As a whole the results that were consistent throughout the survey, I have decided to adopt to suit my target audience. E.g. the price and what I will include, also the genre alternative seemed to be popular and to use NME as a model to my magazine as this is a popular magazine according to my survey.