Questionnaire for college magazine

 

In the questionnaire, there were ten questions and I picked out the main five to briefly analyse. The questions were:

1. ‘What kind of content do you enjoy reading about?’

44% of the people replied saying that music was their favourite to read about suggesting that music is a key factor needed in order to attract my target audience.

2. ‘What colours do you like in a magazine?’

The most popular colours that the participants replied in the questionnaire was white, grey and red which suggests that finding the right mix between these colours is essential to the article based on visual attraction.

3. How long should a magazine be in terms of how many pages?

It seems that half the participants in this question believed that a magazine should not be longer than forty pages which may imply that anything above might put them of a magazine.

4. What would you expect in a college magazine?

Fifty percent of people believe that it is typical of some form of news to be written in a magazine and this could mean it’s what they expect and want.

5. ‘What type of music would you like to read about?’

There were thirty three percent and thirty four percent of votes for the genre of RnB and House music which indicates the type of music the participants liked the most in the questionnaire.

6. What type of video games would you like to read about?

Hand to hand combat as well as adventure games was the most popular selection among what participants indicated they wanted in a college magazine which suggests that using these genres may attract more of the target audience.

7. What type of fashion would you like to read about?

The majority of participants liked the idea of a magazine giving tips of places giving good deals between high end and high street fashion as it shows that they either like a mixture of the types as well as possibly showing that they may be tight on budget so they may want to buy things for good deals.

8. ‘Would you want anecdotes on people who raised to success and their secrets?’

This garnered 80% of participants who said they also wanted it to be in the magazine which seems to show that they’re interested or want to get tips on how to be successive themselves which may also attract readers which should also be on the front cover of my magazine.

9. ‘Would you want to know about upcoming university taster days?’

Everyone said ‘yes’ to this question which implied that they was thinking about possibly continuing into higher education and so there must also be something on my own front cover talking about university taster days.

10. What type of events in London would you like to read about?

Sporting events, festivals as well as voluntary work was what participants most wanted to know in the list which shows what they like to do in their spare time or how to get their UCAS statement looking good (voluntary work).

The effectiveness of this questionnaire would be that it helps me understand what the people want and so I would try and include it in my final magazine product. This is useful as it may help me be able to use the hypodermic needle theory by trying to give the subliminal message that college life is has various different aspects and that it is interesting to complex. By having a questionnaire it will give me ideas as to how I want the consumer to connotate the magazine and what denotations there are which may be conventional in a music magazine.