1. College Magazine Research
Target Audience For The Magazine
The target audience of the magazine I will be producing will be aimed at 16-18 year olds.
This is because this is the normal aged group in which are at college. These people will
be the ones buying my magazine therefore I must keep in mind what they would be
interested in to make my magazine successful.
Research
I asked 4 college students the same question, which was ‘ If there was a college
magazine produced, what would you want to see in it, and what price are you willing to
for for it ?’
Interview 1
‘ If there was a collage magazine to be produced i would be willing to pay up to £2 if it
was worth it and had things inside i was interested in. I would like the magazine to
have a Varity of things like celebrity gossip, the important headlines from around the
world, and some news about are school college as well. I would want the information
in the magazine to be short and to the point so i can read through it quickly but still get
all the information. ‘
Laura Brown 17.

2. Interview 2
‘ If there was a school magazine produced i wouldn't want to pay more than
£1 for it. I would like it to have information about every subject department in
the school with the important headlines. Also things like school trips and
important dates for the school. I would also like news from around the world
in the magazine, important headlines that are making the news. I'd also like
sport headlines, and fixtures of games in there as well ‘
Hannah Jackson 16
Interview 3
‘ i would pay up to £3 for a school magazine as long as it had interest to me. I
would like the magazine to have news about school in there, like important notices
and changes happening around the school. I'd also like there to be the latest sport
news, with all the football fixtures and the big headlines to be in there. I wouldn't
want information in there about religion or debates. ‘
Jordan Francis 17
Interview 4
‘ i don't think i buy a college magazine unless it was at a low price of around £1
and had articles in which i am interested in. I would like there to be up to date
news from around the world, and a lot of celebrity gossip, and maybe some of the
important updates or changes that are happening around school.’
Chantelle Synott 17

3. The name of the college is in large clear
The word ‘Global’ writing for everyone to see. They’ve used a picture of a
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collage. The girl is smiling
there’s education about clearly happy to be at the
all around the world. Also school. This could promote
maybe that there’s the school straight away
students there from all and people will want to
around the world too. Its keep reading about the
bold and a different school to find out about it.
colour, so its an
important word that they
wanted to emphases Are eyes go straight to
The word learning is in the girl in the middle
a bold green, and is in seeing a current student
big wording. They want who attends the school
to emphases that the happy is a positive. The
college is a place of presentation draws the
learning, and the word readers eyes to the girl
‘Global’ above it and then the large writing
suggests learning subtitles of ‘learning’ and
about other cultures. ‘global’.
The readers before even
opening the magazine get to A globe showing globalisation.
know what’s inside, giving We get an insight to what's in the Intelligence. Suggests she's in
them a taste of what’s in the magazine before we even open it ; it education therefore promoting
magazine. It will appeal to will attract readers to open and read education.
more people knowing that about this article. Readers can see
the magazine has advice straight away a student who’s done well
and information about the in life and went to Ridgewater college.

4. Gold medal for winners.
Bright red title, bold
‘Personal best’ so readers
could suggest people who A medal at the
go this college achieve Olympics is round,
sense of
their personal bests.
achievement and
the achievers are
The people whose inside of the circle
achieving in their school on the magazine.
are the focus point of
the magazine, so
readers can see they
have awards and
intelligent achievers. People from all round
the world, different
‘world Olympic races are all inside the
dreams’ we can circle, shape of the
see the world maybe.
students on the
front page are
future athletes Historic old
maybe.
rich colours.
A map of the world underneath the
globe picture. Shows intelligence
from around the world , mulit Bright red bold colour stating its a
cultures coming together. sports college so we know its going to
have information about sport inside.

5. The schools aim is above the name of the magazine.
The weather is perfect, blue And it gives the school a sense of community and a
sky. Could suggest good place people would want to be at.
times, hope, happy times.
Having a picture of
children taking part in
‘A successful year’ is sport and a team
in bold to bring the sport as well
readers eyes straight encourages readers
to that sentence that they're a healthy
which is what the school where pupils
readers would want get on.
to see.
The girl is about to Parents are very
shoot the ball, interested in a school
suggesting her trying with opportunities. So
to reach her goal, or the children playing
if she misses she and the clear sky helps
still trying. them suggest this
school is a good one.
Bright bold colours
grabbing the readers
attention.
Because sport is a successful
http://www.fearns.lancs.sch.uk/index.php?category_id=350 thing at there school they
have made it the centre point
Straight away before even of their front cover.
opening the magazine you England flag and a Disney
get an insight to what's in character two different
the magazine. countries.

6. Research : 7) Does the price of the magazine if expensive
Questionnaire
1) What is your gender ?
Male
put you off buying it?
yes
no
Female
8) What sort of music do you like?
2)How old are you ? Pop
16 Hip-hop
17 Rap
18+ Rock
Indie
3)Would you buy a school magazine if was produced? other
Yes
No 9) What genre of magazine do you buy?
Celebrity
4)How often would you like the school magazine produced?
Hobby
weekly
Computer
monthly
Sport
Collectable
5) How much do you pay for your magazines on average?
Personal
0-50p
Interests
51p-£1
Other
£1.01-£2
£2+
10) What would you like to see if there
6) How often do you buy a magazine in a week? was a school magazine produced?
0 latest updates from around school
1-2 Things happening around the world
3-4 Celebrity gossip
5+

7. Questionnaire
Would you buy a school
Are you male or female?
Do the prices of magazines put
magazine ?
you off buying them?
How many magazines do you buy a week ?
How old are you ? How much on average do you pay for your magazines?

8. Questionnaire
How often would you want the
school magazine produced?
What music do you like ?
What would you like the school
magazine to have in it?
What genre of magazines do you buy?

9. Analysis
From my research (questionnaire and interviews) i can
see that the majority of people buying my magazine
would be 16-17 year olds with the majority of them being
male. However i am going to try and produce a very
unisex magazine to try and get more of a wider audience.
From the results of the questionnaire i have made the
decision of my magazine to be produced on a monthly
basis and also have the cost of around £1.50. I would
also like my magazine to definitely not just be about the
school but have things like sport, celebrity gossip and
important headlines hitting the news. Also quite a few
people said that if there was a college magazine
produced then they wouldn't buy it so I’ll have to make
sure the magazine has interest to a wide variety of
people.