Audience profile

For my preliminary task, I am going to target my magazine for sixth form students at Southend High School for Girls, aged 16-18. The sixth form is a mixed gender sixth form and so I will ensure that my magazine appeals to female and male students of this age group. I used a questionnaire and focus group to find out more about the interests of teenagers and what they would expect in sixth form magazine. Generally, girls are interested in fashion, celebrities and spend a lot of their money on clothes, cosmetics and magazines. Teenage boys are generally more interested in sport and computer games. Both girls and boys share the common interest in music, concerts and the social side of school, as well as networking sites such as Myspace and Facebook. I will try to incorporate some of these themes into my magazine to interest different students to read it.