Week 5...questionnaire analysis...

When i sent this questionnaire out to people i was hoping for certain feedback. Luckily i had received my questionnaires back with all the answers i wanted. Whether this was because i handed them out to people my age or it was just their opinion, im not sure of.

For the first question which was "what genre of music are you interested in?" many answers came out as Rock and Pop. These are very popular with young people knower days, especially pop. R&B and dance did not come up much, which i found quite surprising because R&B seems to be quite popular at the moment. The second question was "Do you attend any festivals or concerts? if so which ones?" Many of the answers were T4 on the beach, which plays alot of pop music and a very obvious one, Glastonbury. Which plays most genres of music. I might include an advertisement on my front cover for Glastonbury seeing as it was so popular in my questionnaire. Question three was "Who is your favourite artist? (preferably alternative/indie) you may list more than one." The reason i gave a genre of music is because this is the genre of my magazine and i think it would help me more if i had a set of artists in the same genre. I also gave them the option of listing more than one because it is relatively hard to name only one artist that you like. The Killers were the most popular answer, but other than that it was quite varied. With different answers such as MGMT, Coldplay and Snow Patrol. Question four was "What part of magazines do you favour?" This is one of the important questions because i need an idea for my article. Interviews and reviews were the most popular. News was not chosen at all, i think this is because i handed the questionnaires out to sixteen-seventeen year olds and they are more interested in interviews of artists than news. Question five was "What colours would you relate to indie/alternative music?" This question is slightly different to the other questions. It is more specific in the front cover. Black was the colour that came up most, but along with grey and white and even burgundy. I think i will take this with me into my house colours. I like black and grey but i think i need a bit of colour to go with them. Question six was "What would you say is the most popular genre of magazine?" This question is just to make sure i have made the right desicion in my genre of magazine. Many people wrote Pop and Rock/Indie. I am really happy with these answers because as long as rock and indie are included thats great. Question seven was "what would you say makes a good magazine?" Although this question is a bit general i think that a questionnaire needs this in order to get peoples views. Many of the answers included the front cover as the most important part of a magazine. Which is quite fair because this is what makes people buy the magazine. Others included good artists, interviews and an interesting one, the brand. Some brands are obviously more popular than others. Question eight was "Do you play any musical instruments? If not now, have you ever played any? OR if you wanted to play an instrument what would it be?" I added a few other ways of answering this question because not everyone would play an instrument, but some people have previously or want to play an instrument. I didnt have a certain amount of the same answer to this question unfortunately. Most of the answers were people who wanted to play an instrument, but never have. These were drums, electric guitar and even the flute! Only two answered that they played the electric guitar. The reason for this varied response could be the people i handed the questionnaire out to, i didnt vary the types of people. I handed them out to one group of friends and same age. Question nine was "Is there anything new you would like to see in music magazines?" I like this question because it is quite general like question seven and gets more of peoples thoughts. Again, the answers were varied but were really helpful. One said that they wanted more detailed information about festivals, i agree with this because when reading a music magazine, they dont give all the information you need. This is something i might use in my project. 'an original style of front cover' was an interesting answer. Obviously this is what i want to achieve, i want to make my front cover as original as i can, to an extent. Finally question ten "What would attract you to a magazine?" I was quite proud of this question! Mainly because this is what is most important about a magazine. Magazines need to know what readers want in order for it to be sold. I gave them the option of Front cover, Artists, Features and Competition/Freebies. I guessed that most people would say the front cover or artists and i was right. No one said features surprisingly, but they were either artists or front cover. So i know what things to work on more than others.

Overall i am satisfied with my results. Most of the answers were what i wanted, but there were some answers i was surprised with. If i could change anything i would change one or two questions to make it much easier for people to answer. Such as the musical instrument one. Although i did get enough information from people to help me with my project!