Questionnaire
Gender: Male Female
Age bracket: Under 10 11-15 16-21 22-30 31-45 45+
Do you prefer to see a male or female on your front cover?
How often do you read magazines?
Everyday
Couple of times a week
Occasionally
Never
What masthead (title) would you like to be on the front of the magazine?
College magazine
Revolution
Farnham College
Other
What prices range would you be willing to pay for a college magazine?
10p-20p
30p-50p
50p-£1.50
£1.50+
What do you enjoy reading in your college magazine?
Celebrity gossip
Sports magazines
TV news
Fashion
Real life
Other
What would you prefer to see on the front cover?
Male
Female
Don’t mind
When your favorite magazine releases a new issue how do you normally hear about it?
Advertisement
Television
Internet
Word of mouth
Other
If you are reading a magazine how many people do you like to see on the front cover?
1
2
3
4+
Which typography would you prefer on the front cover?
Normal
Italic
Underlined
Other
We as the magazine editor will be designing a double page spread, would you like this to relate to the front cover?
Yes
No
What colours do you find eye catching and would want to see on/in the magazine?
Baby pink/ baby blue
Bright colours
Warm colours
Dark colours
Soft colours
From the information I have gathered, I can tell that more females read the college magazine than males, these means that I can do one of two things, either write more articles that would appeal to males to try and encourage them to read it, or keep writing what I am for females.
Most people didn’t mind who was on the front cover of the college magazine, so I have decided that I will put on both. I also discovered from my market research that most people would be willing to pay on average about £1.25 for the college magazine. But when I looked into this further I realized that most colleges don’t charge at all for their students to read their college magazines, so if I wanted to reach a larger audience I would make the magazine free and possibly ask for a small donation to go towards the costs of printing etc.
The majority of people like to know what is going on in and around college so they can keep up with the latest gossip, and I also realized that people quite liked the idea of the college magazine being called “Revolution’ which I also think is a good choice as it is original and an interesting name.
My audience told me that when they hear about the favorite magazine releasing a new issue they normally hear about it from other people or see picture advertisement.
They told me that they like to see bright colours to catch their eye, but that aren’t to busy that they hurt your eyes. The audience filling out the questionnaire didn’t mind what font was on the front cover, but something that would be appealing and interesting.
