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   typeconsumptionsubversionplatforms of content, and attitudes towards that content, across different platforms.

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

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

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

5.  RadioITVChannel 4The BBC 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   opinions impartiality validity factual.

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

8.   Newspaper Radio WebsitesTelevision is still the most used platform for news.

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

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