Audience Feedback

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Are you Female or Male?

I asked this question So that I could make sure I had a split even number of both sexes, This was because the magazine I have created is aimed at both sexes. This means the audience feedback will be more fair.

Do you fit into the age range of 16-25?

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I asked this question, as this age range is the target audience for my music magazine. This was important that the people answering the questionnaire was in this age range. As asking someone younger or older could make the results of the questionnaire not fair as the magazine is not aimed at that age.

What Genre of music would you say this music magazine is for?

The reason I asked this question was because I wanted to see how my final product actually was viewed by my target audience. This made me see what genre the audience thought the magazine I had created was. In the end 19 out of 20 got the genre right. This is quite a success as shows I could produce a magazine which represents a genre well.

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What attracts you to this magazine cover?

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As one of the questions on the evaluation is ‘How did you attract/address your audience? ‘ I then chose this question so I could see what actually did attract my audience the most when looking at my magazine cover. I only said Cover, as in the shop that’s the first thing the public would see and be attracted to. Overall, The cover image got 10 ( the highest) vote. I think this is because I chose quite a professional photograph. The colours got 6 and Free gift got 4.

Do you think the coverlines are relevant with music magazines?

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As my magazine is a music magazine, I had to make sure my coverlines and stories in this magazine, portrayed that it was a music magazine. Overall, all 20 voters, voted ‘Yes’ That the coverlines were all relevant with music magazines. This showed that, I stuck to the music magazine feel and didn’t stray away. Resulting in a positive finished product

Is there anything you would change or don’t like about this magazine? If yes, why?

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I asked this question as It would make me aware If the target audience had the choice, If they would change anything on the magazine to perhaps make it more appealing to them or better in their eyes.

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“I would make the Glastonbury photos bigger so that they stand out more, as they would appeal to me”

“I would get rid of the yellow flower thing behind the main coverline. I just think it looks a bit tacky and doesn’t fit in on the page”

“ I think I would make the Free CD sign a bit bigger because It looks cool”

Do you think the free gift would encourage you to purchase the magazine?

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14I asked this question as one of the main purposes of me putting a free gift with my music magazine was to attract my audience and make them want to purhcase the magazine to get the free gift. Overall, 12/20 said they would be encouraged to buy the magazine because of the free gift. This shows that putting the free gift on, would boost more people to purchase my magazine then it would not.

Do you think £2 Is a resonable price for this magazine?

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This question is important, this is because, If you got the pricing wrong for a magazine, this could effect your profit and the size of the audience. In my case, 15/20 said that the price was a reasonable price to pay, This means that for £2 most people would purchase my magazine.

Would you recommend this magazine to a friend?

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I asked this question, Just so I could see if my target audience saw this magazine in a shop would they tell their friends about it and create a wider number of people purchasing the magazine. Positively, all 20 voters said they would recommend my magazine to a friend. This shows that the magazine looks high quality.

Would you say it looks like a Professional Music Magazine?

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To finish off my questionnaire I used this question, the whole Idea of creating this music magazine cover, double page spread and contents page, was so that It look real enough to be pulled off as a professional magazine. So I wanted to see if my target audience thought it did look like one. All 20 said that they thought my magazine looked like a professional magazine, this is very positive and good.

ConclusionOverall I feel like I got a very successful and useful feedback from my target audience. This is because I found out what attracted my audience to the music magazine, If they thought it looked professional and what they would change in a mist of other things. These were good questions as they will help me evaluate my media product and compare to my Priestley magazine.

However, one thing looking back on this audience feedback, my main questions were on the front cover and I didn’t include questions on my other pages. This is something that could have helped. However the reason I didn’t, was because when going into a shop you don’t look through all the pages you look at the front cover as it is the first thing that is seen and normally the first thing that makes an impact. Like the front of house of a restaurant. Although I say this, I still think my questionnaire was reliable and useful and definitely showed me the public view on it not just my own.