Media Questionnaire Analysis

I managed to gather and process the information from a questionnaire which was sent around my AS media studies class. From this questionnaire, I was able to draw conclusions on peoples' viewing habits based on class origins and their preferred movie genres. My results are as follows:


Male:  5   Female: 16


Working Class : 9  Middle Class:  12


Preferred Cinematical platform:


Cinema: 12    Portable Device: 7   Online: 10  Televison:  11


From the results I gathered, I was able to make the conclusion that the majority of working class students preferred to watch films on the television and via online sources. Perhaps the reason for this is because many working students may belong to lower income families and watching films by these sources is the greatest cost effective option. Alternatively we have the working class students who chose the cinema and portable devices as their preferred genres. A contrast to the majority of working class students, perhaps because these platforms can often prove rather expensive when compared to their cheaper more widely available counterparts.


The graph below illustrates my results:

Preferred Class Genres:

Middle Class:  Horror: 1  Comedy: 7  Action: 2  Thriller: 2

Working Class: Horror: 4 Comedy: 3  Action: 2  Thriller: 2

The graph below illustrates my results:

Conclusion

  From my research, it is clear that there are many factors which may shape and alter an audiences’ viewing habits based on their backgrounds.

This shows that the audience has the power to shape and mould the television programmes which are broadcast and are often created to appeal to viewers based traits such as age, sex and class status.