Questionnaire Results #2



I decided that the target audience for my magazine would be femal teenagers and young adults. I deicded this becuase stereotypically this the the gender and age range that are stereotyped to read this genre of magazine. In this questionnaire I asked 10 males aged between 12 - 16 if they would be interested in reading a 'teen pop' magazine because I was interested to see if any teenage boys would be interested in reading my magazine. Had more males been interested in reading my magazine then I would have altered some of the contents so it appealed more to them. I would have included more images of male celebrities and some articles that would appeal to their interests. However since only 30% of the males that I asked said that they would be interested in reading a 'teen pop' magazine I am going to focus the content to my original target audience which is female teenagers and young adults.

Questionnaire Results

The target audience for my magazine is 12-16 year olds. I conducted a questionnaire asking 20 12 - 16 year olds if they would take part in a magazing competition. I asked both males and females because I havent yet decided which gender I would like to target. Magazines competitions are a common convention of teen pop magazines so I would like to include one in my magazine. As you can see from the results 80% of the teenagers who I asked would take part in a magazine competition. Since the majority of my sample said they would take part in a competition I am going to include one in my magazine. I haven't decided what the competition will be yet but I am goning to try and link it to a teen pop band.

Essential Conventions

These mind maps show the conventions that I consider to be essential to my magazine. Looking at multiple front covers and contents pages has helped me to see conventions that are common in the 'teen pop' genre. I would like to include as many of these as possible in my magazine. The conventions were set out in very different ways in all of the magazines that I looked at. I want to take ideas from each magazine and recreate them into my own unique 'teen pop' music magazine that will appeal to my target audience.

Contents Page Deconstruction Table

This deconstruction table allowed me to deconstruct a contents page in more detail. This deconstruction is of a contents page from an edition of Top of the Pops magazine,  which is a very popular teen pop magazine. This deconstruction table helped me to develop ideas about my own contents page and how I would like that to be set out. I like the 'house style' of the Top of the Pops magazine which is why I have deconstructed a few editions of that magazine. I wanted to look at their house style in more detail and see if anything was changed from one edition to the other. I like the simplicity of their layout. It is easy for the reader to understand which is beneficial for a younger audience. The pictures that they have used are relevant to the text and they have not over loaded on them. These are all conventions that I would like to include in my own magazine.

Contents Page Deconstruction #3

This is my third deconstruction of a teen pop magazine contents page. This is from 'Top of the Pops' magazine as was my first contents page deconstruction. I found it useful to look at different editions of the same magazine as I could see how the house style was carried on. Both magazines have the same enigma code and the images are place in the same areas. Although the content is different on both editions a reader would immediately be able to see that the magazines where the same.

Contents Page Deconstruction #2

This is a second deconstruction of a contents page. I found that different magazines follow the same conventions but display them in very different and unique ways. The layout of the contents pages between the two magazines is very different but contains the same information. Looking at two different magazines has given me a few ideas for my magazines contents page and has given me a better understanding of what must be included.

Contents Page Deconstruction #1

As I did with front covers, I have deconstructed three magazine contents pages. The contents page is equally as important as the front cover as the reader will look at this page to find out page numbers and other stories that are in the magazine. This time I have chosen two different magazines to look at as I found it more difficult to find images of contents pages. Looking at two magazines has helped me to see the common conventions of a contents page in the teen pop magazine genre.

Front Cover Deconstruction Table

This deconstruction table allowed me to look at a front cover in more detail. I found it beneficial to complete this after I had deconstructed the other front covers as I had a basic understanding of the conventions of a front cover so could apply more detail to the table. It allowed me to think about how different conventions can have an affect on the reader and how they can affect the overall look of the magazine. This helped me to develop my ideas for my magazine as I could see what I liked from this particular magazine and what I thought I would need to change to fit my magazine. I have again chosen a well know teen pop magazine as it will have all of the typical conventions of the genre.

Front Cover Deconstruction #3

This is my third and final deconstruction of a teen pop magazine front cover. I have benefited from deconstructing three different magazines cause they have all been set out so differently but in the main have used many of the same conventions. This has reassured my desire to model my magazine on a teen pop magazine as I like the layout and have a good understanding of the genre.

Front Cover Deconstruction #2

This is a second deconstruction of a teen pop magazine front cover. I chose to do a different magazine so that I could get more ideas for my own magazine. I found quite a lot of the same conventions although both magazines have chose to set them out in their own unique way.

Front Cover Deconstruction #1

This is one of three teen pop magazine front covers that I have deconstructed. I have briefly discussed different conventions of the magazine front cover. Doing three deconstructions has helped me to see the differences and similarities between magazines that are from the same genre. Although I have already done one deconstruction of a front cover, I still decided to do three teen pop magazine front covers as this is the specific genre that I would like to do for my magazine. All of the magazines that I have chosen to deconstruct are popular magazines that are well known.

'The Crack' - Contents Page Deconstruction

This is a deconstruction of the contents page from an edition of 'The Crack' which is a free music magazine that is only released in the North East. This is from a different edition of 'The Crack' than my previous post but they both have the same house style. Although this magazine is not the same genre of music as I would like to do for my magazine it was beneficial to deconstruct this magazine contents page as it allowed me to see the common conventions of a music magazine contents page.

'The Crack' - Front Cover Deconstruction

This is a deconstruction of a front cover of a music magazine. 'The Crack' is a free music magazine that is only released in the North East. 'The Crack' is a hybrid of art, music and performing arts and is mainly aimed at students, specifically students of art, music or performing arts. I found it useful to look at a music magazine as it allowed me to see the coventions of a front cover of a magazine from the music genre. This front cover was one of the first deconstructions I completed which is why there is a not a lot of detail on the labels. The task was set so we could learn the conventions of a music magazine front cover.