Media research

Here you’ll find publicly available media research from think tanks (e.g. IPPR), media organisations (e.g. BBC), regulators (e.g. OFCOM) and academic centres (e.g. Oxford Reuters Institute). If you know of other relevant research, please let us know.

- Featured research -

Why Journalism Matters - Alan Rusbridger speech

Full text of Alan Rusbridger's speech on Why Journalism Matters - second in Media Standards Trust series

Source: Media Standards Trust, Alan Rusbridger

22nd July 2009

Keywords: Alan Rusbridger, text, speech, Why Journalism Matters

- Recent research -

Use of Premium Rate Interactive Services in ITV Programming

Summary review of 7 month investigation into use of premium rate interactive services in ITV programming. Review covers more than 60 ITV series and finds 'serious or concerning issues' in three progr...

Source: Deloitte, Deloitte & Touche LLP

October 2007

Keywords: ITV, interactive services

Investigation into "A Year with the Queen"

Will Wyatt's independent investigation into the events surrounding the publication by the BBC of misleading footage about the Queen in a promotional video. The terms of reference for the investigation...

Source: BBC, Will Wyatt

October 2007

Keywords: BBC, The Queen, investigation

New News, Future News

74 page discussion document from Ofcom about the future of broadcast news. It is not a policy or proposals document. It 'examines the environment in which television news currently operates' and how t...

Source: OFCOM, John Glover

July 2007

Keywords: OFCOM, news, future, BBC

Safeguarding Impartiality in the 21st Century

81 page report commissioned by the BBC Trust intended to 'design a set of principles of impartiality in a forward looking way'. It's central argument is that impartiality has shifted from a 'seesaw' ...

Source: BBC, John Bridcut

June 2007

Keywords: Impartiality, balance, context, BBC

Media Standards Trust