Questionnaire

i did a questionnaire, where i had 11 questions that all were to do with my research into what people within my age group of 15-26 would want from a magazine and what they currently already like about magazines...

1. What's your favourite music genre?
Meg - ''Indie' music or 80's'
Sam - 'Generally all, house and stuff'
Dan - 'Alternative Indie - all sorts'
Max - 'Alternative Indie - Post Punk'
Sophie 'Mixed, generally all'

2. Would you want a magazine weekly or monthly?
Meg - Monthly
Sam - Monthly
Dan - Monthly
Max - Monthly
Sophie - Monthly

3. How much would you be prepared to spend on a monthly magazine?
Meg - £2.50
Sam - £4
Dan - £4
Max - £4
Sophie £3

4. Name 3 of your favourite artists -
Meg - Florence + The Machine, The Jam, The Courteeners
Sam - Rusko, Tubelord, Ice Cube
Dan - The Maccabees, Jay-Z, Foals
Max - The Courteeners, The Maccabees, Blur
Sophie - Snow Patrol, The Kooks, Paloma Faith

5. Where do you shop generally?
Meg - Topshop, Dollymix Vintage
Sam - Urbanindustry
Dan - Wellgosh
Max - Levi's Shop
Sophie - Topshop, Urban Outfitters

6. What are two of your favourite films?
Meg - Jaws, Jurassic Park
Sam - Back To The Future, Rushmore
Dan - Home Alone, Troy
Max - Quadrophenia, Kevin & Perry Go Large
Sophie - Pretty Woman, The Notebook

7. Do you currently buy a music magazine? If so, please state which
Meg - NME
Sam - No
Dan - No
Max - NME or Q
Sophie - No

8. Name a celebrity you like
Meg - Florence Welch
Sam - Nick Cage
Dan - Pharrel Williams
Max - Liam Fray
Sophie - Fearne Cotton

9. Do you like the current trend of the red, black + white colour scheme, that magazines such as NME + Q currently use?
Meg - Yes, it looks professional but could maybe do with a change now
Sam - Yes
Dan - Yes, it's basic but professional
Max - Yes, it's good
Sophie, Yes, it's pretty good

10. What's your favourite music magazine?
Meg - NME
Sam - NME
Dan - NME
Max - NME
Sophie - NME

11. Do you download music of the internet or do you buy the CD?
Meg - Download
Sam - Download
Dan - Download, purchase some CD's
Max - Both, purchase CD's for the culture side
Sophie - Both

From these questions i gathered lots of information that I will take forward for my magazine, as these are the opinions of people whom fall into my target age group for the magazine, therefore if the magazine is how they want it to be, they should be the people to purchase it.

From the questionnaire I found out,

• The most liked music genre is 'Indie/Alternative'
• People want a monthly magazine
• People generally don't want to spend more than £4 on a magazine
• Popular artists are, The Courteeners & The Maccabees
• Males tend to shop in Wellgosh & Urbanindustry. Females like TopShop and Urban Outfitters.
• There isn't really a trend in favourite films, these is most likely due to there being so many, and people having such different tastes.
• Some people do already buy music magazines that are within my taget age, and it's generally NME magazine.
• Everyone I asked said their favourite music magazine was NME
• There wasn't any trend in favourite celebritites however, there are so many I didn't expect there to be.
• People like the current Red, Black and White Colour Scheme, however want a slight change perhaps.
• 3/5 people said they downloaded their music ahead of buying CD's

a picture of part of my magazine