Product - Evaluation Q4) Who would be the audience for your media product

Media Evaluation - Question 4) Who would be the audience for your media product?

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= Originally, the audience for my media product was going to be people aged 25 or over. However, after receiving my audience feedback and observing the front cover, contents page and double-page spread of my magazine more closely myself, I have decided to lower the age of my target audience to 16 at the least. This decision is due to my choice of main artist who appears on my front cover, and is the premise of the article on my double-page spread. Despite a collection of artists from across time (i.e; 50's/60's and onwards), the range of topics and articles which would formulate the house-style of my magazine - if it were to have several issues - mean that I believe it would attract a much wider (and therefore younger) audience as well. 

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Moreover, through my own market/audience research, I can clearly see that classic rock is a genre of which appeals to both genders, and a wide range of ages in society. In addition, after research into an article about the decline of rock music-lovers and magazines, I believe that that is one of the key aims of my media product - to ensure that everyone can still find some joy within the world of classic rock music. And so, I will still aim my media product of a classic rock music magazine at the CD collectors of the 80's - as well as the minimalistic and hidden youth-subcultures of 'modern rockers': all with the aim of keeping the love of classic rock alive.

And this was something I noticed when researching and analysing the sister-music magazines of 'Q' and 'MOJO' in particular; 'MOJO' was the magazine which wanted to celebrate the traditional music lovers and CD collectors. My research into this magazine particularly inspired me to reach out to this target audience as I could see from the success and adoration of 'MOJO' that these readers and followers of classic rock music are vitally important to the world of rock music.

Yet what 'MOJO's younger sister 'Q' did was reveal a new side to the world of classic rock and bought this genre of music magazines into a new age by employing the use of a higher-level and quality of photography not previously witnessed within music magazines. So I wanted to ensure that the images of my magazine were of a certain quality that they would attract a wider audience; even if they do not belong to my specific target audience - it is simply an enjoyable thought to believe others may pick up the magazine and become interested in what they find.