Survey results

1. SURVEY RESULTS Chrissie Bishop

2. GENRE
Question one helped me
to discover that 54.5% of
participants think that
pop magazines will be the
most successful;
secondly is indie with
27.3% therefore I will
choose Indie for my
magazine.

3. MAGAZINE TITLE
Question two clearly
portrayed that a simple
word would be the best
magazine title, in the
majority of participants
opinion with 50% in contrast
to a pun which received
31.8%. I will likely use a
simple word as most people
will prefer this and it clearly
signifies what the magazine
will be about unlike the
other ideas.

4. TYPE OF ARTIST
This question emphasized that the
participants would like to hear news
and interviews about both upcoming
and popular artists, with half of the
applicants selecting upcoming and
half popular. I am going to feature
both type of artists so that it branches
out on a wider scale in terms of my
audience as the magazine aims to
cater to all within the indie genre.
Indie magazines typically feature new
bands anyways, with few popular
artists however I want to signify both
and this is one of my unique selling
points.

5. FEATURES
The majority of
participants in this
question represented that
31.8% would like to see
striking make up as a
mean feature of the image
on the front cover. Both
eye contact and unique
props received 22.7%, so I
am going to use striking
make up combined with
unique props to make the
magazine attract the
audience to the best of its
ability.

6. INTERACTION
Twitter was the most
popular factor within this
query, taking a whooping
72.7% of this question.
Social networking is vital
within this generation as
is the new media (eg.
Apps). I am going to use
social networking to a
great extent to attract
more of the audience as it
gives the audience a more
personal relationship with
the magazine.

7. RELEASE
This question gave the
participants the opportunity to
type in how often they read
magazines instead of selecting like
in prior answers. The majority of
my participants said they read
magazines ‘not often’, ‘once a
month’ followed by a few ‘weekly’
results. This supports my decision
of making my magazine a monthly
edition as it will contain more
features and give the audience
more time to read the magazine as
they have a month, in contrast to if
it was a weekly magazine which is
more based upon gossip and
people who have time to generally
keep up with magazines, which
contradicts my target audience as
they are generally very busy and

8. FREEBIES
The majority of participants in my
survey said that they prefer to
receive freebies with magazines, a
mighty 77.3% which contrasts to
22.7% for no freebies. I will feature
freebies like MP3 downloads and
posters to attract my audience into
purchasing the magazine.

9. COMPETITIONS
The majority of participants in my
survey said that they prefer to
participate in competitions in a
magazine, a mighty 76.2% which
contrasts to 23.8% for no
competitions. I will feature
competitions like tickets to
festivals and meeting favoured
bands to attract my audience into
purchasing the magazine, and give
them a personal relationship with
the magazine.

10. WHY PEOPLE READ
MAGAZINES
This question gave the
participants the opportunity to
type in why they read
magazines instead of selecting
like in prior answers. The
majority of participants said
they like to read magazines to
gain information and because
they are entertaining. They also
like to learn about what songs
are in the charts and to find out
about new artists. They enjoy
reading articles and seeing
events and reviews. This
supports my choice of creating

11. PURPOSE
The vast majority of participants
said they like to read magazines to
be entertained and informed, both
with a 68.2%. This supports my
decision of choosing an indie
magazine as they both meet these
requirements and back up what
the audience want, which is
portrayed in the previous answer.
Participants also enjoy to be
inspired and like to learn things,
with 50% for being inspired and
learning 31.8%.