4.2 Findings

Magazine with fanzine looks such as cut and paste and hand-lettering text can attract readers to keep on buying them because of the sense of intimacy. It can also be very eye-catching compared to other magazines on the newsstands. 

After going through the data collection, the main findings of the questionnaire is that the respondents in this research agreed to the idea of adapting fanzine graphics into professional music magazines to add to its aesthetical value. This is shown with the questionnaire whereas 93% of the participants chose more than one option for the fanzine graphics that they like to be used in a professional music magazine.

43% of the participants think that music magazine readers would like cut and paste look for an alternative music magazine design. The most preferred size for a music magazine is about A4 size while the most preferred binding style is perfect binding. The most preferred cover mount chosen by the participants is poster.

This means that fanzine graphics especially cut and paste style should be considered to be incorporated in designing a printed music magazine as an alternative to the current existing looks. This will add the aesthetical value and provide the readers with something that they are compelled to buy.