My original ideas consisted of a magazine based around
musicals and musical theater or a magazine based around the growing sub culture
of Nerdfightaria and DFTBA records. I have selected these music genres as I
think that both have a niche market and both are un-catered for in current
magazines. I am also a fan of both genres therefore I feel that I will be able
to not only ask others what they wish to see in the magazine but I can make a
judgement myself.
I think that out of the two genres I am going to choose
Nerdfightaria as I think that their target audience will be easier to pin down.
This is because all different ages of people can be fans of musical theatre and
consequently it would be difficult to define what should be in the magazine,
even though the audience probably are all going to be of the same class. This idea
of lack of definition for the content is reinforced by musicals, especially
successful musicals which don’t come out regularly; there are possibly one or
two big hits per year. As they are so infrequent it would be difficult to find
enough information to make an interesting magazine based around them on a
regular basis.
I do not believe that I will run into all of these problems
with the audience (Nerdfighters) of Nerdfightaria, this is because they are
already a common interest group and a community, which means they share the
same norms and values. Nerdfightaria encourages participation; a magazine would
be another way of introducing members and in turn, getting them to participate
in activities. Nerdfighters are also around the same age, though their class is
a wider range, this means that alongside the music they are likely to share the
same opinions on other subjects such as politics and fashion.
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