Results of college magazine survey.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_Responses.aspx?sm=EPqt1a0jOhlBnj%2fKX3N9oZj6XOYBMem8fnuo0wnkpak%3d



More women than men completed my survey, so the results are slightly distorted and favour the women's views more. Perhaps if I were to do this in the real world then I would create two separate magazines, one for women's interests and one for men's.

More 16-18 year olds completed my survey which is good because the general age of people reading the magazine would be teenagers straight out of school.

The rankings of what genre of magazine is mainly read are as follows: 1st-music, 2nd-fashion, 3rd-film & gaming, 4th-sport, 5th-information & diet, 6th-puzzles, adult & other, 7th-cars & weddings.

Most people answered that they would 'maybe' read a college magazine, but out of 'yes' and 'no' the 'yes's won.

57.9% of people who took the survey wanted the magazine to contain key information only, whereas 42.1% people wanted as much information as possible in the magazine.

Most people wanted the magazine to cost below £1, or at most £1.50.

I wanted to know when people would most like the magazine to be issued, and the results concluded that the top answer was once a month.

For the question, 'What would you like it to contain? (mark all that apply)' the answers were (in order of most picked to least picked): term information, fun things to do in the area, course information & revision help, agony aunt page, college fashion, experiences of other students and finally facilities.

For the question regarding concerns about college, the serious answers I got were: exams, transport, money, revising, none, coursework, bike, the future, teachers, cost of equipment and failing. I could use theses results to choose what information I should include in my college magazine.

Doing this survey over the Internet was very beneficial as it was not only quick and simple to create and send out but also it was fast and easy for people to fill out and send back. On the street it would have taken a lot longer, also the range of participants would not have been as broad as online. In the street also people might not have wanted to stop and talk to me and the weather may have been a problem.