Media Research Questionnaire: Tattoos & Piercings
ResultsQ1) Are you:
Male:
7
Female:
13
This affects the results of the questionnaire as there is not a 50/50 split between males and females, making it bias towards females.
Q2) How old are you?
15 – 19:
1120 – 24:
325 – 29:
430 – 34:
135+:
2We targeted our questionnaire at a young audience due to scheduling which is why the questionnaire was filled out more by younger people.
Q3) Name three favourite colours:
Blue:
4Red:
13White:
3Green:
1Pink:
11Purple:
1Orange:
2Yellow:
5Black:
20The two most popular colors are black and red, making this the colour scheme for the programme.
Tattoos
Q4) Do you have any tattoos?
Yes:
7
No:
13Although tattoos are still less common, I think these results show an increse in the popularity of tattoos showing that the topic of the documentary will be directly interesting for some people.
Q5) If yes to question four, what is it and why did you pick it? E.g. Celebrity, symbolism, religion etc.
Star Sign:
1Name of a loved one (wife/husband/child):
2Looked nice:
3All my mates got it:
1This shows that most people that filled out the question view tattoos as something nice to look at, although quite a lot did get them for significant personal reasons.
Q6) If no to question four, would you ever consider having a tattoo?
Yes:
4No:
3Maybe:
6This again I belive shows the increse in popularity of tattoos, making it a suitable and current topic to make a documentary on.
Q7) What are your views on people with numerous tattoos?
Freaky:
5Weird:
7Intimidating:
2Cool:
1Up to them:
3Art:
2These results show that extreme body tattooing is still seen as being unusual which should help keep the documentary entertaining and interesting throughout for the audience as it is not something you are in contact with daily.
Q8) Name three celebrities that you associate with tattoos
David Beckham:
23Kat Von De:
21Rihanna:
11Steve-O:
3Ozzy Ozbourn:
1Brett Michaels:
1The top two most popular celebritys associated with tattoos are David Beckham and Kat Von De, therefore I will try to feature them in the documentary.
PiercingsQ9) Do you have any piercings?
Yes:
15No:
5Piercing is shown to be a lot more popular than tattooing still which is not surprising, but also the high percentage of people with peircings means the subject of the documentary should be appealing to a large audience.
Q10) If yes to question 9, where is it and why did you get it?
Ear:
12- School only allow earings:
7- Popular:
3- I like it:
2Nose:
1- Celebrity
Eyebrow:
2- Favorite Band:
1- Liked it:
1This shows that subtle peircings are more common and that the main reason people get them is due to only them being allowed in school.
Q11) If no to question 9, would you ever consider getting a piercing?
Yes:
2No:
3This shows that only 3/20 people would deffinatly not have a peircing showing that there is a large potential audience for the documentary.
Q12) What are your views on people with numerous piercings?
Looks alright:
5Over the top:
9Not permentant so its okay:
6Extreme body peircing seems to be viewed as slightly less shocking that full body tattooing, although most people do view it as being over the top meaning also that it should be entertaining and interesting for the audience to watch.
Q13) Name three celebrities that you associate with piercings
Rihanna:
17David Beckham:
31
