Evaluation Q2

Evaluation.

How do you attract your audience?

I have made an encoder, decoder test for my magazine, it from Stuart hall’s encoder, decoder model. This is where I made a questionnaire about my magazine. It included questions such as where do you live? What sort of transport do you use? What is your favorite meal?  Click here to view.  I then got a group of people to analyze my front cover and answering the questions about my magazine, they answered them how they thought the imaginary entity would. Through these answers we could make a character profile of which we thought are audience would fall into.  Through Stuart hall’s encoder, decoder model we created the perfect profile of how we thought the imaginary entity’s lifestyle would be.

There are many ways in which the text speaks to the audience, I decided to call my front cover “Sub Synth” this is because it relates to the musical instrument a synth. The heading would relate to the target audience i am targeting. The synth is used in the type of music my magazine promotes and relates to the articles in my magazine, “Sub Synth.” I also used articles which I thought the perfect reader would read, I did this by using the imaginary entity. For example I have album releases and pictures of the album. Also articles about the musicians being arrested, I automatically assumed that my audience would be interested in these stories and want to read them. In turn creating a stereo typical social group that I believe would read this. As I have positioned my magazine in the C1 – E social stratification group, my magazine is not a patronizing magazine but has interesting real life facts, this mode of address means it can relate to the majority of people who buy the product.