Task 9


TASK 9: AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS

For this task, I conducted an online interview, taking voice recordings of 4 people's answers. I asked the question 'what would you want or expect to see in a current affairs magazine aimed at young adults?' Below is a youtube link to the answers I received.


How can I apply this to my magazine?

These answers have reinforced my plan to create the following segments:

1) Mental health - Advice, stories of development and healthy coping mechanisms

2) The environment, sustainability & ethical issues - This covers fashion, animals and workers conditions, and how you can help

3) Feature articles based around the views and opinions of teenagers, these will change per issue - e.g. issue 1 is about teenagers and the pandemic, issue 2 is about POC teenagers

4) Politics - Somewhat in-depth current political issues, providing readers a brief comprehension of events such as Brexit, capitalism and socialist movements 

5) Lifestyle - A segment titled 'Am I Normal' in which teenagers can ask anonymously questions via the website about their bodies, lifestyle and surroundings and receive answers from experienced medical staff, men & women's general health, star signs and astrology and film and book reviews

6) 24teach - This covers things that you are not taught in school but are expected to know, e.g how to change a tyre, taxes, student loans, how bills work 

7) Mini news segments - Overviews and summaries of current news, at a level which everyone can comprehend and have a brief understanding of, e.g. BLM, transgender rights, coronavirus updates and worldwide news such as international elections 

Additionally, I will recruit a diverse range of models as people are more enticed when they see themselves represented. I plan on representing a range of races, ethnicities, body types and features, to ensure I am able to meet the wants and needs of my audience.
I have decided to leave out film and book reviews from my magazine, this is because I feel as if it is more appropriate on the interactive website, and as it is very much opinion based, polls would be a good method of collecting data and engaging my audience. I will also feature a range of topics on my website, so anything I am unable to fit into my magazine, I am able to display online. 

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