Saturday, 11 October 2014

Definitions

DEFINITION OF: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Qualitative research in media is when surveys and interviews are used to determine the feel/tone of the magazine that readers get from magazines. The qualitative research is always about how the people and readers feel as a result of the magazine and what they get in return. The makers and producers of the magazines have to receive qualitative data or they wouldn't have an idea of who their readers are, how many readers they have, and other things like that. Questionnaires and surveys are the most accurate and representative ways of recording data about the magazine, and it identifies what age groups, genders and other kinds of people are interested in specific music genres which helps producers to target their magazines at the right groups of people.

DEFINITION OF: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

Quantitative research is when you ask people for their opinions on something (e.g. a music magazines) in a such a way that you can produce hard facts and statistics to help with the creation of it. It is done by using surveys and questionnaires in large groups of people of all ages, genders, and music tastes. Using such a wide group of people is useful because it will identify the specifics of who likes what in terms of music magazine.


DEFINITION OF: PRIMARY RESEARCH

Primary research means to gather data that has not been gathered before- so it is first-hand data about the thing (music magazine). It also gives the maker of the magazine a chance to see in more detail who is interested in what, and not an overall general percentage. An example of this is if you did a survey across 100 people that had said they had an interest in music, you could then find out specifically what genre people want to listen to and relate that to figuring out your target market.


DEFINITION OF: SECONDARY RESEARCH

Secondary research is when you gather information that has been gathered before. It is mostly used to fine-tune your results to what applies to what you're making, such as using your target market to find out what band each person likes within that.

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