Research

This is front cover analysis of NME magazine.


This is the 2nd front cover analysis of NME magazine.



This is the 3rd front cover analysis - Kerrang! magazine.

This is the 4th front cover analysis - Top of the Pops magazine.

This is the 5th front cover analysis - Vibe magazine.

This is the 6th front cover analysis - Mixmag magazine.

This is the 1st contents page analysis - NME magazine.

This is the 2nd contents page analysis - Q magazine.

This is the 3rd contents page analysis - Kerrang! magazine.

This is the 1st double page spread analysis - NME magazine; feature interview.

This is the 2nd double page spread - NME magazine; feature interview.

This is a brief introduction into different magazine companies and their history as well as which magazines they produce and distribute all over the world.

This is the history of most major music magazines in history from 1894 to the 2000s.

This is a brief history of general magazines, explaining the various types and the distributions of them.




This survey asks audiences what type of music they like; what they look for in magazines; their age etc.
By asking the ages of the people who completed the survey, I can find out what demographic particularly enjoys reading music magazines and what music they enjoy. This can help me target my magazine at an audience for a specific genre; I can also include advertisements, if necessary, about the target audience's interests through the use of the survey results.
With this survey, I can also find out which gender prefer music magazines, if there is an opportunity for this, which will allow me to be able to place generic conventions on the magazine for a specific gender.

Survey Results Analysis

This shows the gender of the sample, which can lead to gaining insight into the demographic of music magazines.

This shows the age of the sample, again, giving insight into the demographic and can suggest the target audience of music magazines, and therefore the target audience for my magazine.

This shows what the sample do in their free time; these results could be used to generate cover lines to gain their interests or for advertising, for example. This also allows me to gain insight into the psychographics of the sample and therefore the target audience of my magazine.

This graph simply shows whether the sample population read music magazines or not.



This shows which music magazines are read by the sample so I can gain insight into what genre they prefer; what magazine layout they prefer and what sort of features to include.

This shows the types of features and information the sample like to see and read in the music magazines they look at; this can help me by suggesting what kinds of things to put into the magazine, i.e. in the cover lines, for a specific demographic, for example, which can be found out in the 'age' graph.

This shows that the alternative/indie rock genre is the most popular with the sample so I can include music news and features in my magazine to do with this particular genre.

This graph shows how the sample population prefer how to listen to music and it is shown that the majority of them prefer live music to any other means - I can use this information to have a heavy influence on live music in my magazine as this shows people are interested in it.

The majority of the sample find out about new music through the radio; I can use this information for my magazine for advertising ideas, for example, and that the information within my magazine should be kept up-to-date with radio music and music news.

This graph shows that over half of the sample population have been to over 5 gigs, which again allows me to reinforce the idea of having a heavy basis on live music in my magazine.

This graph simply shows whether the sample population would be interested in gig/festival news; the majority are and so I can use this information to put these kinds of features within my magazine. The demographics of my target audience suggest that based on their age, they are interested in live music news as live music is seen as a social event and influences people socially by teenagers.