WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE OF YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT?

Question 4

RESEARCH Throughout research I kept my target audience varied and I didn’t not categorise them due to the fact I did not know what kind of magazine I wanted to produce. By looking closely at existing music magazines such as NME and Q magazine a good understanding of their audiences and what they do specifically in their magazines to target the correct audience and make it obvious that they want to specially target that audience.

During my research and planning stage I made a questionnaire and presented the results in my blog. I incorporated the traits from the existing media products and used these to find out what I should add to my blog due to preference.

After this I used the successful options and used the results as a criteria to fit into. For example, making the magazine affordable at £2.99 and incorporating festivals.

When constructing my questionnaire I made sure that the questions being asked were relevant to get an accurate result so that I could use the results and assure that they were reliable and would help me to gain a good and firm understanding of what the best audience would be best for my final magazine.

INITIAL AUDIENCE

The audience I originally intended to create a music magazine for changed throughout the production of my magazine. Originally, I wanted to a magazine that would attract both female and male readership but as the production increased I believe the audience targeted became or female orientated. This didn’t happen on purpose, I feel that it just happened due to the main act being a female pop band and my interest in female indie pop music. I feel that due to my interest and firm knowledge in this area of the genre my biased opinion may have swayed my choices in the production of my magazine.