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 consumption type subversion platforms  of content, and attitudes towards that content, across different platforms.

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

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

4. Younger age teenage type demographic 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 4 The BBC Radio ITV 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 validity impartiality factual .

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

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

9. Instagram is the top news source used by 65+ under 10 16+ 16–24 year-olds.

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