Question 2

Clearly shown by the bar chart above, the majority of people who took my survey were aged between 13 and 17. This is an outstanding result, and means that this is definitely the age group I am to target if I want my magazine to be successful. This is the result I will used to define every aspect of my magazine: from photos, to language and layout. The language, in this case, will have to be carefully selected. If I chose to aim my magazine at the higher end of that age group, then I wouldn't hesitate to include rude and explicit language; however, I have to consider the younger end of the age group. Although I do not know this for sure, I have to assume that 13 year olds aren't allowed to use language like that, and so my magazine shouldn't demonstrate examples of it for them. For this reason I have decided to keep all the language in my magazine clean and simple. There will be the odd complicated word to create an interesting read, and also to keep the older end of the age group (and the 18-25 age group) interested, without making it impossible to read for a younger audience. Furthermore, I will try and include features in the contents which will have some appeal to other age groups, for example the 18-25s, the age group where 6 people - the second largest group of people - who responded to my survey belonged to. These will be things such as festivals, assuming they're festival-goers, and competitions whereby you have to be 18 to have a go. Although 2 people who filled in my survey were 41 and over, this is not the age group I will be targeting, and so none of the features I will be including in my magazine will be tweaked and targeted towards these people.