EVALUATION: Question Four

Question Four: Who would be the audience of your media product? 

The audience of any magazine would look for a magazine for the following purposes:

Entertainment: One reason in which people buy magazines is that of entertainment. People are always seeking out entertainment no matter what form it may be in, some turning to vandalism, others playing video games but a lot of people turn to music magazines. These people will read my magazine because I have included other media’s in my product mentioning popular entertainment values such as festivals and even the event ‘The Brit awards’ which should draw them in and buy my magazine to find out about these entertainments and not to entertain themselves by reading my product while sitting on the toilet only reading the magazine because their is nothing else to at the time.

Personal Identity: People are always looking for a role model, someone who they can look up to, someone they can follow and that is a reason that people buy magazines such as my product. The style of magazine/ type of music can determine the people who buy a media product but it most shows the attitude of the audience, in my magazine’s case being people who are intelligent and artistic (dancing, drawing, writing etc). Another reason in which people read magazine is to check new styles and guides for anything that might suite their taste in either fashion or music, these people would be included in my audience as on the contents page I included an article on how to be a success within euro-dance and included the names of many artists on the front of my magazine which should draw in the swarms of fans who whish to check up on their personal heroes.

 Information: People seem to seek out knowledge by nature, out of curiosity and this is what part of the audience of my magazine, people who want knowledge. People will always want to know the latest gossip/information on the newest and most popular bands out there as well as Tour dates and locations, Band information and interviews and even reviews about albums. These people will be part of the audience of my magazine because of the articles included. Naturally, these ‘Knowledge-seekers’ will look in magazines but on my Front cover, I have mentioned an interview with a popular band and thus hopefully attract these people like locust searching for crops.

Social Integration: People look to magazines for information about their social group,  for many reasons. One reason is that of belonging. People can look into magazines to feel a sense of belonging as the audience of a magazine will most likely be just that that particular individual. This means that they will gain all the latest information about their favourite artists and learn more about their own sub-Group Identity and learn all the insider information that they want to know. These people will be attracted to my magazine because I have included the mentioning’s of festivals and the Artists mentioned which perform what the fans would call their livelihood.