Summary Questionnaire Results

General Points
Questions (Q) and instructions are given in black Answers (A) are in red I distributed 10 questionnaires to a sample of my target audience (10 males interested in Hip Hop/Rap, social class mainly c1/c2-all were students)

A summary of the answers given are in red italics

1. What genre of music do you think the magazine is about? Please explain why you think this. A: all respondents answered correctly by stating Hip Hop because of the cover image 2. How suitable is the main picture for the front cover? Please tick one number on the number line. 5-very suitable 1- completely inappropriate A: 8 respondent ticked 5 the remaining respondents ticked 4 3. Does the colour scheme work well? Circle Yes or No

If you circled no could you please explain your reason in the space below A: all respondents circled yes

4.

Do the cover lines appeal to you? Please circle one. Yes/No

A: 7 respondents circled yes 5. Does the layout of contents page appeal to you?

A: 9 respondents said yes as its very visual, simple or effective 6. Does it contain all topics you would like to see in the magazine? If not would else would you have like to have seen?

A: 6 respondents said yes. The remaining respondents stated particular topics I could have added. For example, classical Hip Hop 7. Is there enough quantity on the contents page?

A: 9 respondents said that there was enough quantity on the contents page 8. Do you think the inclusion of an Editors note is appropriate?

A: all respondents said it was appropriate as it made the contents page feel more personal

Double Page Spread Questions 9-12 9. Does the layout of the double page spread work well? Please Tick one YES NO A: all respondent ticked yes 10. What do you think of the picture on the double page spread? A: all respondents thought the picture is well suited to theme of the article 11. What do you think of the article? A: 7 respondents said the article was interesting 12. Is there anything I could have added? Please Tick one Yes No A: 7 respondents said no 13. Would you buy this magazine? Please circle one YES/NO A: 5 respondents said yes as it had most of the topics they would be interested in

14. Do you think the magazine could compete with existing music magazines and why? A: 5 said yes as it looks professional Overall, feedback was very positive as the above results show. However improvements could be made with such as things like, topics that appear on the contents page and the lack of the ability to appeal to all my target audience instead of a majority, if this magazine was going to be published for real.