Researching Media Products and Practice (first teaching 2022) GapFill

Read Ofcom's News Consumption in the UK: 2022 Research Report at https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/241947/News-Consumption-in-the-UK-2022-report.pdf

1. The purpose of this report is to examine the   consumptiontypeplatformssubversion of content, and attitudes towards that content, across different platforms.

2. Research was conducted using a mixed methodology, combining online and  focus groupsface-to-face (F2F) interviewssurveyspolls.

3. TikTok’s reach for news has increased from 1% in 2020 to   15%10%7%3% in 2022. 

4. Younger  demographictypeageteenage groups are much more likely to use the Internet and social media for news, whereas their older counterparts favour print, radio and TV.

5.  Channel 4The BBCITVRadio remains the news organisation with the highest cross-platform audience reach (76%) among those following news.

6. Viewer attitudes includes measures such as quality, accuracy, trustworthiness and   validity opinions impartiality factual.

7. 13% of UK adults say they use news   channels aggregators websites papers.

8.   Websites Newspaper RadioTelevision is still the most used platform for news.

9. Instagram is the top news source used by  16+65+under 1016–24 year-olds.

10. Adults watched an average of   221 113 109 12 hours in 2021.