Main task - Task seven and results (task 8)

QUESTIONNAIRE

1. how old are you?
- 10-15 = 0 people
- 16-21 = 16 people
- 22-27 = 3 people
- other = 1 person
- prefer not to say = 0 people

conclusion: most people that I had given the questionnaire where aged between 16 and 21. this tells me that my target audience should be a little bit lower as it is a pop magazine.

2. What is your gender?
- male = 2 people
- female = 17 people

conclusion: gathering my results up I have discovered that most of my gender are females as my magazine is going to be a pop magazine and the male gender don't really read pop magazines.

3. do you buy music magazines?
- yes = 12 people
- no = 0 people
- sometimes = 7 people

conclusion: out of everything that I have gathered know one that I had given the questionnaire to had answered that they don't buy a music magazine, although seven people sometimes bought magazines, twelve people has answered that they buy music magazines regularly.

4. how often do you buy music magazines?
- monthly = 15 people
- seasonally = 1 person
- weekly = 0 people
- fortnightly = 3 people

conclusion: by my results I have discovered to do my frequency of publication as monthly as that is when most people buy there magazines.There was fifteen people that buys that monthly and 1 person that buys them seasonally and three people that buys them fortnightly.

5. what genre of magazine do you buy the most?
- indie = 6 people
- pop = 8 people
- rock = 1 person
- country = 1 person
- other = 1 person

conclusion: by looking at my research I have found out that I am going to sick with the genre of 'pop' as that is what I got the most votes for. The genre that come in second was the genre 'indie'. pop got eight votes and 'indie' got 6 votes.

6. what 3 words do you think of when i say the words pop?
- girls = 5 people
- pink = 5 people
-- gossip = 1 person
- pretty = 1 person
- fun = 1 person
- candy = 1 person
- lip sync = 1 person
- adidas = 1 person
- young = 1 person
- happy = 3 people
- boys = 4 people
- make up = 3 people
- bubble gum = 1 person
- boy bands = 1 person
- charts = 1 person
- colourful = 1 person
- bright = 1 person
- friends = 1 person
- music = 4 people
- sing = 2 people
- along = 1 person
- coco pops = 2 people
- drink = 3 people
- miley cyrus = 1 person
- smile = 1 person
- words = 1 person
- bubbles = 1 person
- friends = 2 people
- fashion = 1 person
- teenagers = 1 person
- artists = 1 person
- cheesy = 1 person

conclusion: gathering my results I have found that girls and pink have come in the top words with 5 votes each. the next most popular word is boys. this had a total of four votes. by doing this question I had discovered what words my title could include. And what what words to leave out of the title.

7. who is your favourite pop singer or pop band?
- chipmunk = 1 person
- N Dubz = 2 people
- Taylor swift = 3 people
- pussycat dolls = 1 person
- miley cyrus = 1 person
- usher = 1 person
- alexandra burke = 1 person
- jonas brothers = 1 person
- JLS = 1 person
- samantha mumba = 1 person
- basshinter = 1 person
- cheryl cole = 1 person
- beyonce = 1 person
- mcfly = 1 person
- avril lavigne = 1 person
- none acceptable = 1 person

conclusion: By gathering the information on the pop artists that my audience likes Taylor Swift the most, although as I only done 19 people I hadn't had many artists to choose from. from doing this question I had discovered who I could have interviewed or do my double page spread, on.

8. what is your favourite colour?
- pink = 4 people
- blue = 5 people
- orange = 2 people
- yellow = 3 people
- purple = 5 people
- black = 1 person
- white = 0 people

conclusion: by this question I have gathered that the favourite colour out of pink, blue, orange, yellow, purple, black, white was the colour blue and purple. The colour blue got five votes and the colour purple also got five votes. The second favourite was the colour pink. By doing this questionnaire I have worked out that more people would buy my magazine if the main colours where either blue or purple or even a mixture of the two.

9. do you prefer bands or solo artists?
- bands = 9 people
- solo artists = 10 people

conclusion: The most popular between solo artists and bands are the solo artists. This has given me more of am idea as to what the main image could be. As it has come up with the fact that solo artists are more popular it is more of an option to use a solo artist as my main images on my front cover.

10. do you like receiving a free gift with your magazine?
- yes = 19 people
- no = 0 people

conclusion: every person that I had given my questionnaire to had said that they would like to receive a free gift with there magazine, this told me that I should try and include a free gift with my magazine.

11. how much are you willing to pay for a magazine?
- £1.50 = 0 people
- £2.00 = 1 person
- £2.50 = 3 people
- £3.00 = 6 people
- £3.50 = 6 people
- other = 3 people

conclusion: Judging from the results that I have gathered I have found out that the average price that someone will pay for a magazine is £ 3.00 or £3.50, this is telling me that I can use one of these prices as my price for my pop magazine.

12. do you visit the magazine website?
- yes = 12 people
- no = 7 people

conclusion: This question shows that over half of the people who I gave my questionnaire in to, do visit the websites of the magazine. this tells me that I can put a website onto my front cover and contents page and maybe on my double page spread.

13. would you subscribe to the magazine?
- yes = 11 people
- no = 8 people

conclusion: this question has told me and let me know that I would be able to put subscription details onto the front cover of my magazine and my contents page. I can do this as more people told me that they would subscribe to to the magazine with eleven votes to yes. Only eight people said that they would not subscribe to the magazine.

14. would you buy a new magazine that was new to the market?
- yes = 14 people
- no = 4 people
- maybe = 1 person

conclusion: I will feel more confident if my magazine went on the market as fourteen out of nineteen people said that they would have bought a new magazine if it went on the market. There was only four people who said that they wouldn't buy a new magazine if it was put onto the market.