I decided to do an analysis to my questionnaire, this is going to benefit me when I have to start creating my magazine, as all of the questions have been analysed in detail, a lot of the questions that I asked in my questionnaire had only two answers to them, initially I thought I could have came up with better answers, that being said when I have analysed these questions they have very much defined my options when creating my magazine.

 

 

 

 

I included this question to see whether it was more boys or girls that had been interested in the idea of a school magazine and picked up the questionnaire. I also wanted to ensure the answers – regarding the look and content of the magazine in particular, were from both a male and female perspective as our school is mixed and therefore I would like my magazine to appeal to both genders. I learned from my bar chart that there is a dominant female ratio therefore I will tailor my school magazine to females.

When thinking on what I was going to base my magazine around, the Year Group or Key Stage played a huge role on what was going into it. I asked this question as I thought through the answers I could establish which age groups would be most interested in a magazine. 13/20 pupils questioned were sixth form, and 4 from years 11-12 and 5 from years 8-10. This suggests that a large majority of my readers will be sixth form and so I needed to assess the idea of a magazine aimed purely at the two sixth form year groups.

In my next question I asked when the magazine would be best published, from this I learned that at just over 50% of the people who answered the survey, they all stated that every month would be best suited for the magazine to be published. These results have assured me that my magazine could be published at least on a monthly basis as there is sufficient demand. I think the reason for the magazine to be published monthly could possibly be because there is always a lot going on in the school, and people may want to be kept up to date with news and possibly schemes that the school are setting up.

For my 4^th question, I have learned that almost everyone who completed the survey would like to get the school magazine for free, as this is a school magazine, it is understandable why people wouldn’t be happy to pay for it, that being said 2 people did state that they would be happy to pay 50p for the magazine, possibly the two who answered this may be in 6^th form and are willing to pay a little extra money for a better quality magazine. 

 

As well as the actual images on the front cover of the magazine and indeed inside, the colour scheme will play an important part in creating the feeling and tone of the magazine. The colours pink, purple and blue received the highest amount of votes each followed by red, black and orange. Red, green and yellow were then the least popular colours. I think these results reflect the fact that the students would like the magazine to be quite laid back, fun and easy to read – possibly the reasoning behind the least numbers of the red, yellow and green, maybe because they are our school colours and people may want to see a change in the dynamic of the magazine.

 

 

For my 6^th question, it was very straight forward and simple, that in fact actually was something that either or could make a niche audience intrigued or another audience not so much, I decided that this question would actually be relevant as clearly the magazine is a school magazine, but it doesn’t actually mean that it has to be extremely formal and sophisticated, this magazines niche audience are young teenagers who want to see lots of fun bright pictures,  colours and layouts, it’s clear that from this question I will be insuring that my magazine will be just that.

 

 

 

 

 

In this question it will likewise give me a much more detailed description of what my magazine will look like, again as in my question 6, it is a simple yet very effective question that will again make the process of creating the magazine a lot easier. From the survey it shows that a large number of people will want to see mostly pictures verses information, I had already anticipated this as usually teenagers are looking at magazines, mostly for the pictures inside, rather than what is actually being said, therefore I will be placing lots of pictures inside my magazine.

 

One of the main things that always attracts me to a magazine are vouchers and prizes, I was glad to see that I had a wide range of answers from this particular question, from this I learned that the ‘iTunes voucher’ was at the highest demand, following by ‘bagel bean, and then ‘Topshop’ I think the ‘iTunes’ voucher came first, because, obviously in this school there are boys and girls, iTunes vouchers definitely appeal to both, also this voucher will always be appreciated as the niche audience are teens, who love music, therefore I think this was a good choice.

I wanted to find out what people would mostly want to see in my magazine, the different options are all what I would genuinely want to see in the magazine, I was surprised to see that a good portion of the people who answered mostly wanted to see previous and upcoming school trips, I think this is a nice section too see in the magazine as it is exciting to see different events outside of school, as it can get people looking forward for when the trip is coming up. Competing with second place the “revision tips” at a close majority, I had anticipated that “revision tips” would be at a high request, as again this is a school magazine, and from my previous questions I can see that it will be a high chance that I will be focusing on mostly a 6^th form magazine, furthermore 6^th form students are consistently doing either class tests or formal exams, meaning that  people will always want to know more revision tips and advice.

This is an important question as the front cover of a magazine is really what sells it, I plan on making my front cover bright and colourful, so I needed to get the actual picture on the front page just right as this will be why people will pick it up, I asked for three different options, I was surprised to see that half of the answers were ‘different themes’ I had previously thought that students would have been at popular demand, but as the magazine will be appealing to teenagers they possibly want to see something a tad different on their school magazine rather than students or teachers, I think the option for different themes will be fun to do, as every month I can change it up to suit the time of year.

In my last question I decided ask what the students would like to see me more focusing in the magazine, as the people who I handed out the questionnaire to were mostly my own year group, the majority of students answers ‘my year group’ this means that when putting things into my magazine it will be a lot easier as I only have to focus on 6^th form, not the whole school, and obviously as I am in lower 6^th I can relate to everything that will be talked about.