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Research and Evaluation By Emre Kesat
Research and Evaluation
By Emre Kesat
Research and Questions
Q1: What type of magazine do you read?
• When I asked what type of magazine do you read the majority of people answered that they read music magazines more, however no one ticked the box fashion showing that they don’t read that type of magazine.
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Q2: How often do you read a magazine in a week?
• When the people filling out my survey saw this question they were a bit confused as they didn’t know if I meant once a day per week or once a day everyday so I said once a day per week, and it ranked the highest result.
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Q3: How much do you pay for magazines per week?
• As you can see there was no clear answer to this question with 3 of the questions both getting 3 answers.
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Q4: What do you expect to see on the front cover of a magazine
• When I asked this question I wanted to see what would be the necessity for my front cover, when I saw image I wanted to make sure that it would be big to bring in people.
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Q5: What type of music do you listen to?
• Again there was no clear winner in this question with both RnB and Dubstep getting the most answers, however Hip Hop and classical got no ticks.
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Q6: Where do you buy your music from?
• ITunes was the clear winner in this question with 5 answers, I knew this would be a popular option with loads of people having Iphones and that being the popular music app.
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Q7: Do you prefer to buy CDs or listen to it online?
• There was a clear trend in the research here 9 people out of 10 said that they listen to music online in contrast to purchasing CDs.
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Q8:Where do you buy your magazine?
• Again there was another clear trend with 9 people saying that they buy their magazines from play store, Itunes etc.
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Q9: What would make you want to buy a magazine
• Unlike the past 2 questions this is a lot more close when it comes to the clear winner however catch up on music, gaming etc was the most popular answer.
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Q10: Do you prefer reading magazines online or purchasing them
• This was a question I used to see how I would bring in the most customers if I uploaded my magazine. 8 people said online while the other 2 said they prefer store purchasing.
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Questions
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?There are some similarities in both magazines the big header to attract customers the image being the main attraction along with the writing on the the edges of the magazine article.
There are however differences on the magazine front cover with the magazine front cover having more diversity in color and style of text. There is also more text on the front cover labeling what is in the magazine and who is referenced in it for example the George Lucas and Weezy being mentioned. In my magazine there is more a color coordination with the main colors being black and grey.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Social groups are what people based themselves around in schools for example a person is more likely to get along with people similar to him like sports or gaming. When making my magazine I wanted to attract as many people as possible to my article. For example people who are interested in gaming and music would most likely not read the same magazine but I wanted them to be able to read my article. I tried to make it obvious in the pictures I used what type of people I was aiming for teens still at school listening to music and I incorporated this by using images in my music magazine to show to my readers what type of magazine they are about to read. Also in addition to the images I wrote out on my front cover ‘different ways of downloading and listening to music. There are different types of teenagers and I tried to make my magazine appeal to all types. Teens with different music tastes, different interests and unalike hobbies.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
I think music institutions that would like most likely sell my magazine would be the Virgin Music industry they rely on their brand name to get people to buy their products so by selling my informative magazine on the music industry would be ideal for them. Also in addition to Virgin Music I believe that a smart and readable newspaper would buy my magazine and put it within their newspaper an music institution such as The Guardian would buy my magazine as this way they can get more sales by incorporating new things into their newspaper. Also institutions such as Twitter or Facebook might also want to buy my magazine as it will appeal to a number of people who are their customers and they are benefiting from my magazine as they are bringing new items into their business.
What would be the audience for your media product?
I used different techniques and media forms and conventions to attract my audience. My target audience were teens and in order to attract them to my magazine I made the questionnaire I gave out specific to the magazine industry and specifically what they would like to see in my magazine. I made sure that my image, chose of font and style of text was all what the audience feedback suited and that it would fit what they asked. The feedback I got from my questionnaire was all very positive and it made me realise what people would like to see most in my media product. An image and different/unique style of text were the most popular choices and I used the questionnaire feedback to correct my media magazine this is also how I would attract readers to my magazine
This is a good example as this magazine has different styles of text along with a big image being the Centre of the magazine. The masthead is big bold and makes the page stand out showing this is what you need to focus on.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
From making my magazine I saw that there are different ways of making someone look completely different to what they actually look like. The uses of Photoshop in the media seem to be a lot more than originally thought. When making my magazine I wanted to make it appealing to a range of teenagers with different personalities and interests. Photoshop was the main form of computer software I used and it showed me that you can do multiple things to a picture which are very effective yet unnoticeable. I also used different types of Microsoft Word to present my data for example to represent my double page spread I wrote it out on Microsoft Word. Along with Microsoft Word I used Microsoft PowerPoint to represent my Research and Evaluation which also is another technological product.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression of your
product?
In the progression of my product I have felt that I have learnt new ways of making a product along with new ways to make people look completely different to what they actually do. This is the work of Photoshop and other technological resources at peoples disposal, when doing our research I looked at what extremes people would go to in order to look what they think is perfect. When making my own magazine front cover I tried to keep it real and not change an excessive amount. I edited the background and toned up the image. While other people changed everything within the picture and made it look nothing like the real image I kept it as natural as possible.
