Audience Feedback Analysis

What is your gender?

I asked this question to find out whether my magazine attracts a more male or female audience. However, my target audience is both male and female.

Results:Male - 45%Female – 55%

This information tells me I have attracted both females and males. This shows my magazine is successful as my target audience is both males and females.

What is your age?

I asked this question to find out whether people aged 15-25 are attracted to my magazine.

Results:15-20 – 50%21-25 – 45%26+ - 5%

This has told me that my magazine is appropriate for the target audience of 15-25 year olds.

What appeals to you on the front cover of this magazine?

I asked this question to find out what conventions on the front cover appeals and attracts the target audience into buying my magazine.

Results: The main image… – 45%The colour scheme – 30%The layout – 35%The name of the magazine and font – 10%The names of bands and artists – 55%The cover lines and main cover line – 35%The fonts used – 35%The price – 0%Other – 0%

This information tells me that there are certain conventions on the front cover that appeal to my target audience more than others. For example, the image is favoured compared to the price.

What appeals to you on the contents page of this magazine?

I asked this question to find out what conventions on the contents page appeal to the target audience the most.

Results:The articles – 40%The images – 60%The layout and column structure – 20%The font used for ”contents” – 25%The names of bands and artists – 60%The section headings – 0%Other – 0%

This information has told me that the most appealing conventions to the target audience on the contents page are the images, the articles and the names of bands and artists.

What appeals to you on the double page spread of this magazine?

I asked this question to know which conventions of double page spreads appeal to the target audience the most.

Results: The main image and other images – 60%The headline and font used – 45%The stand first – 0%The article – 40%The pull quotes – 25%Other – 0%

This information has told me that the target audience are most appealed to the main image and other images, the headline and font, and the article.

To what extent do you agree £3.99 is a fair price for this magazine?

I asked this question to see whether the target audience believes my magazine is worth the reasonably high price.

Results:Strongly agree – 30%Agree – 70%Neither agree nor disagree – 0%Disagree – 0%Strongly disagree – 0%

This information has told me that my magazine is at a very high standard and therefore people will be willing to pay the reasonably high price.

To what extent do you agree the star used in the main image of the front cover is appropriate for this magazine?

I asked this question to find out whether the target audience agrees that the cover star is appropriate for the indie rock genre.

Results:Strongly agree - 65%Agree – 30%Neither agree nor disagree – 5%Disagree – 0%Strongly disagree – 0%

This information has told me that the target audience believe that the cover star is appropriate for the magazine and therefore, this means that the mise en scene is also appropriate.

What genre would you say this music magazine is?

I asked this to find out whether my magazine really looks like an indie rock magazine.

Results:Indie rock – 100%

This information tells me that the audience can recognise that the genre of my magazine is indie rock and therefore, this means that I have used conventions successfully to portray the genre.

From looking at the contents page and double page spread, would you be interested in buying the magazine and reading other articles?

I asked this question to find out whether my magazine is really that appealing that they would be willing to buy my magazine and read the other articles within it.

Results:Yes – 100%No – 0%

This information has told me that the audience has really enjoyed reading my magazine and they are really attracted to it and will likely be willing to buy other issues.

To what extent do you agree this magazine fits the target audience of 15-25 year olds both males and females?

I asked this to find out whether the target audience agrees if the magazine is appropriate for them.

Results: Strongly agree – 85%Agree – 15%Neither agree nor disagree – 0%Disagree - 0%Strongly disagree – 0%

This information tells me that the target audience agrees that the magazine fits and is appropriate to them due to elements and conventions of my magazine such as the double page spread article and the language used, the images and the artists and bands used in the articles.