Friday 13 November 2009

School Magazine Survey & Results

Media School Magazine Survey (Answers & results in blue and in brackets)
11 Participants

1. Within a school magazine, would you beleive having interveiws with the teachers of the school would be of great importance to you as the reader?

PFFT, no definately not! (1)
Yes, i think it would give me a good insight of the school. (5)
Not of great importance, but it could be a little beneficial. (5)

2. Many magazines involve some sort of sport within them, therefore in a school magazine should it include a section about school sports?

Yes, school sports should be compulsory in a school magazine. (10)
No, I do not think many peole wuld be interested in that at all. (1)

3. No one likes to pick up a dense magazine with too many pages. How long should a magazine about a school be?

8-10 pages (1)
11-14 pages (5)
15-18 pages (4)
More than 18 pages (1)

4. As a reader of magazines, would you be at all interested in crosswords or puzzles?

Yeah, they're brilliant! (4)
Not at all, it would be more beneficial for me to stare at a wall. (0)
I would perhaps do them when I am extremely bored. (7)

5. If you were to flick through a school magazine, would you be interested in reading your horoscope if you were to find horoscopes in it?

Yes I would love to find my horoscope in any magazine! (4)
No, I don't really like reading them, they're faulse. (1)
From time to time, sometimes they can be quite engaging. (6)

6. For a school magazine, would you be interested to find reviews on whats new or/and the sporting leagues the school is part of?

Yes, that sounds exciting. (9)
No, that would just be boring. (2)

7. Would you be interested to find reviews about teachers acheivements in a school magazine?
Yes, very much so. (0)
No, that seems really dull! (3)
Perhaps, could depend on what the topic is. (8)

8. Which colour or colours would be most attractive to you on a front cover of a magazine?
Comment:
A1.
Bright Colours. Red,Yellow,Green.
A2.
Red and Black
A3.
Blue
A4.
White, Red , Black
A5.
Blue
A6.
Any colours of a vibrant shade otherwise in a complementary combination.
A7.
Blue
A8.
Blue, Red or Pink
A9.
Differnt colours that stand out the most.
A10.
Something bright and funky!

9. What size magazine are you most likely to enjoy picking up to read?

Tabloid, because it is not too big nor too small. (2)
Broadsheet, because they are quite big and you can get a lot of content on one page. (0)
A5 size, because it is small and compact. (1)
A4 size, because it is generally near the size of many magazines. (8)

10. Are you male or female and what age group do you fit in?

Male (5)
Female (6)

12-15 (1)
16-21(10)
22-26 (0)
27+ (0)

After collecting these results and analysing them I have come to realise that many people believe blue would be a very attractive colour for a magazine cover or the theme for a magazine. Blue was a favourite amongst the participants of the survey although they all generally think that bright colours should be used which work in contrast with each other. More than 50% of the population that took part in my survey were female although a fair amount that took the survey were males, so the results were not too unbalanced. My audience would love to read about sports reviews and the sporting leagues within school. Additionally, I found out that just less than half of the people who took part in the survey thought that having interveiws with the teachers of the school would be a little beneficial, where as equally the same amount of people thought it would give them a good insight of the school. These results have shown me answers that I perhaps was not expecting but I now know what my target audince will be looking for and my magazine can be based around these ideas.

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