Questionnaire Results

To obtain these results from my student magazine questionnaire i asked a selection students, both male and female from Southend High School for Girls sixth form. Below are my results:

Question One:

Would you be interested in purchasing a school m

agazine?

-> I asked this question as i needed to find out if my target audience would be interested in purchasing a school magazine.

The results from thi

s question show that

 there is a need

for this magazine and that students are interested in having a school magazine.

Question Two:

Would you be willing to buy a school magazine?

-> I asked this question to see if students would be willing to buy this magazine.

This result shows that most students would not be willing to pay for this magazine. This could be because they want to spend their money on other magazines out of school.

Question Three:

If yes, how much would you be happy to spend?

-> I asked this question to find out which price range t

he stud

ents would be most willing to pay for a magazine.

-> The results from this question show that most people who are willing to pay for the magazine generally want to spend between £1 and £2 on the magazine. This cost is similar to magazine such as Heat and Glamour.

Question Four

Would you prefer the magazine to be free?

-> I asked this question to find out if my target audience would prefer the magazine to be a free magazine from the school.

-> This shows that students would rather not pay for the student magazine.

Question Five

Would you prefer a termly or yearly magazine?

-> I asked this question to show how often thi

s magazine is going to be produced.

-> The results from this question show that the students 

would rather have a termly magazine than a yearly magazine.

Question Six

Do you prefer to have more text or images on the front cover of a magazine?

I asked this question to find out what attracts my target audience to the front cover of a magazine more; the text or the images featured. This will determine the amount of images and text i use on the cover of my magazine.

-> The results form this question shows tha

t there has to be a general balance between the amount of images and text featured on the front of the magazine but my target audience prefer there to be more images than text.

Question Seven

What other magazines are you interested in?

I asked this question to find out what other magazines my target audience already read, as this will give me an insight into the styles of magazines that my target audience are attracted to and also what colour schemes and layout attract thei

r attention. This will also show me what things my target audience are interested in.

-> The results of this question showed that most people read 'Heat', 'Look' and 'Glamour', these magazines would be useful to research in order to see what other things my target audience like.

Question Eight

What is the first element of the magazine that catches your eye on the front cover of the magazine?

I asked this question to find out what i should feature on the front cover of my magazine most.

-> The results from this question show that the main focus is usually on the image that is used but the other things are as important. There has to be a balance between all of them to make an effective and eye-catching front cover.

Student Magazine Questionnaire

1. Would you be interested in purchasing a school/college magazine?

Yes/No

2. Would you be willing to buy a school magazine?

Yes/No

3. If yes, how much would you be happy to spend?

Under £1/Between £1 and £2/Between £2 and £3/More than £3

4. Would you prefer the magazine to be free?

Yes/No

5. Would you prefer a termly or yearly magazine?

Termly/Yearly

6. Do you prefer to have more text or images on the front cover of a magazine?

Text/Images

7. What other magazines are you interested in?

Heat/Cosmopolitan/NME/OK/Other_________________

8. What is the first element of the magazine that catches your eye on the front cover of the magazine?

Text/Bakground Image/Colours/Header

Focus Group

Name: Lucia Farrance
Age: 16
Likes: Horse Riding, Ipod Nano
Dislikes: Quiet
Studying: Media, English Language, Biology and Geography
Media Consumption: X Factor, Facebook, Music

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Name: Brooke Rayner

Age: 16
Likes: The OC, Holidays

Dislikes: Beans

Studying: English Literature, Media, Politics and Economics

Media Consumption: Glamour, Mock The Week, Facebook, Music

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Name: Natasha Klien

Age: 16

Likes: Music, Shopping

Dislikes: Moany People
Studying: Media, French, Spanish and Religious Studies
Media Consumption: Friends, Radio One, Facebook, Heat, NME

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Name: Alice Donovan

Age: 16

Likes: iPod, Topshop,

Dislikes: Scary Films

Studying: English Literature, Biology, Product Design and Maths

Media Consumption: Hollyoaks, we7.com, Facebook, Vogue

School Magazine - Textual Analysis and Representation

Typeface/Font
-> the font used for the header is quite basic font , this adds effect as it stands out more and isn't too busy.
-> the header reads 'High Profile' , the word 'High' is not in bold whereas the word 'Profile' is.
-> the writing above and below the header that states the schools information such as the email address which is written in the same font but smaller but is also written in the colour white. This emphasises the the header and at first look of the magazine the eye is instantly drawn the the word, 'Profile' as it stands out the most.
Headlines/Captions/Choice of Words
-> 'A Star is Born' , this connotates that the photo in the background is something to do with a drama production and also the students exceld themselves and became stars it could also have something to do with the drama production they did as that may tie in with the story line.
-> the language on the front of this magazine is not too difficult. The word choice is quite basic.
-> alliteration is used in the panel at the bottom, 'magic, mystery & murder'.

Lighting and Colour
-> the photograph in the background has a lot of bright colours, at the top and bottom of the photograph it is darker than the rest of the photo. This makes the text stand out more.
-> the colour choice for the text is quite bland but the colourful photo in the background makes it eye catching. If the text was multi-coloured the page would look too busy.
Positioning
-> the photograph takes up the whole of the background therefore there is no background colour.
-> the header at the top of the page is bold and there is smaller text above the header with the details of the school and also the schools website. Underneath the header theres is the date and term, this is stated just like the date and price would be on a magazine such as 'Heat'.
-> the main article that is going to be featured in the magazine is stated at the bottom left of the page. The text is relevant to the background image and reads 'A Star is Born', again this is written in plain white text but is still very effective, this gives the impression that the main artcle of the magazine is possibly to do with a school play.
-> at the bottom of the page there is a dark grey box which contains bullet points of text. 'In this issue' is written in bright green, thsi draws the readers eye to it as this is the only piece of text which is written in colour and also it stands out against the dull, grey background of the box. The bullet points of text are things that are featured in the magazine alongside the main article.
Facial Expressions/Body Language (photo)
-> the facial expressions of the people in the photo are shocked this fits in with the line, 'The Little Shop Of Horrors'.