2. The first question on my survey was ‘What age
group do you fall in?’. This is important whilst
collecting results as it tells you which
magazines are aimed at each age group. In my
results, I found that a lot of 70% (15 people) of
the people who took my survey were ages 16-
20, 15% (3 people) under 16, 0% were 21-25 (
0 people) and 10% (2 people) were 26+.
3. The second question on my survey was
‘What genre of music do you enjoy
most?’. In my survey, I gave people the
option to put more than one genre of
music down. My results showed that 55%
liked rock, 45% liked pop, 5% liked jazz,
5% liked classical 25% liked R’n’B and 15%
liked other.
I created a chart to show which age
group likes which best and my results
showed that the majority of people who
liked rock and pop were ages 16-20 ,with
an exception of 1 under 16 year old and 1
26+, people who liked R’n’B were all ages
between 16 and 20.
4. The third question on my survey was ‘How
many magazines do you read in a
month?’. From my results, it showed that
90% of the people (18 people) who took
my questionnaire read 0-5 magazines in a
month and 10% (2 people) read 6-11 in a
month.
5. The fourth question on my survey
was ‘ What type of magazines do
you read?’. From my results, I can
see that the most popular magazine
read is gossip magazines, and the
second most popular is fashion and
music. Based on the results to my
first question, this shows that the
majority of people reading these
magazines fall between 16-20.
6. The fifth question on my survey was
‘How much would you spend on
magazines in a month?. From my results,
it shows that the majority of people are
prepared to spend up to £5.00 maximum
on a magazine, with one person
prepared to spend £5.50 or more on
magazines. In some ways, this could
relate to their age as older people tend
to have more money to spend and could
buy higher quality magazines or buy
more of them.
7. The sixth question in my
survey was ‘What do you like
about these magazines?’.
Looking at my results, the
responses to this question
varied. For example, some
people they said they liked the
colours of the magazine and
that it stands out, whereas
others said they liked the
information in the magazine.
This could also vary on the age,
because people under 16 could
like one issue of a magazine
because their favourite
celebrity is on the front cover
or there something that makes
them slightly biased when
talking about the magazine.
8. The seventh question of my survey was ‘What
genre is your favourite magazine?’. The majority
of people who answered this answered ‘Rock’
or ‘music’, which shows that a lot of the people
who answered must be quite interested in
music. However, with this question, 7 people
skipped it, so it is hard to determine
accurate results which is to say the most
popular genre of magazine.
9. The eighth question in my survey
was ‘What colours are mostly used
in your favourite magazine? Do
you like this colour scheme or
would you change them? If so,
what would you change it to?’.
From my results, there is a varied
selection of answers. I am
assuming that people that read
music magazines, e.g. Rock, are
more likely to find darker colours
than they would in a pop magazine
or if they were reading a fashion
magazine.
10. The ninth question in my survey was
‘Does your favourite
band/artist/celebrity appear in this
magazine a lot?
Looking at my results, a lot of people
said no, but some said yes. This may be
because their favourite
band/artist/celebrity
May not be very well known or in the
specific genre of magazine they are
reading. One person answered with it
not being
Important which shows that they may
not be interested in their favourite
band/artist/celebrity being in the
magazine
And they are interested in other
aspects of the magazine.
11. The final question on my
survey was ‘Referring to
question 9, does this
influence you buying the
magazine? If so, why?. From
my results, it shows that
people aren’t all that
influenced by their favourite
celebrities being on the
front cover, and would buy
the magazine even if they
weren’t.
12. Overall, my results show that the older the
person taking the questionnaire, the less
interested they are in what is in the magazine.
For example, one person aged 26+ said it
wasn’t important what colours were in the
magazine or what was in the magazine,
however people younger cared about images
of their favourite celebrities and what stories
went on throughout the magazine.
