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

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

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

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

5.  RadioThe BBCITVChannel 4 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 factual opinions impartiality.

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

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

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

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