Aim: To evaluate progress so far with decision making within this project

Primary Research:
New investigations into something  (questionnaires etc.)

Secondary Research:
Investigations made by others that you refer to (using information from magazines media packs found on the internet)

1. In order to research my chosen genre I have looked on magazine websites, country weekly and country music these are of relevant genre, I already know about some artists like Carrie Underwood and bands such as Lady Antebellum, so I looked into some new artists and found Logan Brills and Luke Bryan.
2. In order to research existing magazines I have been on the digital copy of country weekly and seen which artists are new and upcoming and what type of adverts and products are in the magazine.
3. In order to investigate my target audience 's need and desires I have created a questionnaire and handed them out to people to see what colour schemes they like which bands they prefer and which fonts they like which would catch their eye and make them choose this magazine over others of the same genre.
4. In order to conduct better primary research I need to ask more relevant questions to do with the genre and make it more specific.
5. To be able to make more secure decisions about my magazine I need to listen to the music more and research the artists themselves.
6. In order to do these things I need to read magazines more regularly and then choose a specific one that I will get ideas from. Go to gigs relevant to the genre.