Preliminary: Questionnaire Results

My finished questionaire that I used for research was composed of thirteen questions and contained mostly tick-box options and rating scales for the reader to select. I avoided open-ended questions so I would be able to record the data I have collected.

Here is a print-screen of the questions I asked (click to view larger):

I only sent out the questionnaire to about fifteen friends, but as I didn't get nearly so many replies, I will send any other research out to more people meaning that I can have more data to consider when producing my magazine.


Most people said that they would buy a magazine that discussed social issues and aimed at the upper school, year 10 upwards.
When questioned about what articles concerning social and academic issues they would prefer, want to read about or find useful this is the data I recieved (again, click to enlarge):

Other results I charted were the response to question 11, about school events, and the results of the ratings scales:

These results mean I have a clearer view of what I need to put into my magazine, what should feature on the front cover and what would appeal to my audience.

Photoshoot: Practice

To improve our photography skills before taking the photos for the prelimnary or final magazine covers, my freind and I had a practice photoshoot at school.
My camera is pretty bad quality, so I'll be using a different one for the real thing.
I took a variety of close-ups, long-shots, mid-shots and played around with angles for a few.

Here are my (thoroughly narrowed down) final results:

Preliminary: Research

Just about to complete the work I began in class - writing the questions for the questionnaire I am using to conduct audience research.
In order to avoid data that I can't process, I know that I must create closed questions and data-recording tools such as number-rating and tick boxes.

From my questionnaire I want to find out:

• What type of magazine the students would prefer
• What kind of content it would have
• How professional/informal it should be
• What kind of images students would like on the front cover
• How the school should be represented in the magazine
• Which in-school departments should have prominance in the magazine, if any

I would dearly love to create a magazine front cover for a fictional school such as Roundview College (Skins) or Hogwarts to stretch my creative abilities and for the sheer fun of it but it wouldn't be appropriate, which is upsetting. So I'm thinking of producing a magazine for my own school aimed at years 7-11.

I'm thinking of distributing my questionnaire through e-mail, but for friends that I know won't check their inboxes I shall message them over Facebook and make hard copies.