Media Standards Trust

BBC Daily Life study conducted every 5-10 years since the 1930s to understand the UK public's time and media usage. Respondents list, throughout the day, the activities they do, as well as completing ...

Source: BBC, BBC

2004

Keywords: BBC, lifestyles, media consumption

Sub titled 'the pot calling the kettle black' this short piece by Jim McNamara argues that 'the media need to adopt a less self-righteous approach [towards PR] and recognise their own manifold corrupt...

Source: CARMA, CARMA International

2002

Keywords: PR, ethics, media

Semi academic paper (9 pages long) by Jim Macnamara about the impact of public relations on the media. No bespoke research but a number of studies cited. Notes that the majority of public relations ac...

Source: CARMA, CARMA International

2002

Keywords: PR, ethics, media

Content analysis of the coverage of 6 disasters (from February 2003 to October 2005) by 64 different news outlets in 9 countries (mainly European, US & Australian). Key findings: 'western self-interes...

Source: CARMA, CARMA International

Jan-06

Keywords: western media, ethics, accuracy, disasters, PR

Topline summary of extensive academic research project carried out in 1997-1998. 2 years quantitative analysis of news output (86,987 items in 3,550 UK media), coupled with lengthy discourse analysis....

Source: ESRC, Economic and Social Research Council

1999

Keywords: democracy, media monitoring, public information

30 page ESRC funded report designed to 'enable the applitcation and assessment generally of innovative approaches to media content analysis'. Focusing specifically on: computer software packages for a...

Source: ESRC, Economic and Social Research Council

2005

Keywords: analysis, media content

67 page survey of press freedom in 20 European countries, written by journalists working / resident in those countries. The report builds on research by other organisations like RSF but is otherwise ...

Source: Association of European Journalists, William Horsley (ed.) et al

November 2007

Keywords: Europe, media freedom, AEJ

IPPR/Linguistic Landscapes report by Gill Ereaut and Nat Segnit analysing the dominant discourses in the coverage of climate change by the media, the corresponding public discourse, and suggestions as...

Source: IPPR, Institute for Public Policy Research

Aug-06

Keywords: climate change, science, media portrayal

A review of the academic literature about media literacy by Sonia Livingstone with Nancy Thumim. Finds 'little empirical research on adult media literacy' and that there is not much consensus on how t...

Source: ITC, Sonia Livingstone with Nancy Thumim

Mar-03

Keywords: media literacy, technology, digital

Overview of research being conducted by the LSE's Media Department. Includes research into five thematic areas: democracy, globalisation, literacies, ethics, and policy. For each area the academics ar...

Source: LSE, LSE

Jun-05

Keywords: democracy, globalisation, internet, media literacy, ethics,

Short paper examining audience responses to coverage of the developing world, based on three Glasgow Media Group studies: the Rwandan refugee crisis of 1994, the subsequent war in Zaire, and televisio...

Source: Glasgow University Media Group, Glasgow University Media Group

2000

Keywords: news, developing world, audience, Glasgow Media Group

Few studies captured the pace of change in the media in 2007 as well as OFCOM’s 2007 UK Communications Market report. Nestled amongst the statistics tracking the growth of broadband take-up, the satur...

Source: Media Standards Trust, MST

December 2007

Keywords: media, research, 2007

Major OFCOM review of adult media literacy. Includes everything from penetration, take-up and usage of different media to levels of understanding, concern and trust. Section on news reports that trust...

Source: OFCOM, Ofcom

Mar-06

Keywords: Media literacy, media consumption

1,500 children aged 8-15 inteviewed by OFCOM to determine their access to media, their understanding of how media works, and the extent to which they are creating their own media. Findings include: 65...

Source: OFCOM, Ofcom

May-06

Keywords: Media literacy, children, media consumption

Research document evaluating the experience of consumers and citizens in relation to telecoms, digital broadcasting and the internet (156 pages). The experience is split into: consumer access, consume...

Source: OFCOM, Ofcom

Nov-06

Keywords: Lifestyles, media consumption, platforms, telecoms, complaints, digital

Survey of internet usage and impact based on 2185 face-to-face interviews. Copious statistics about number of people using the net, what they are using it for, and what impact they think it is having ...

Source: Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford Internet Institute

Jun-05

Keywords: Internet, media consumption, media ownership, e-government, self-regulation, technology, choice

Review of US media coverage of November 2006 mid-term elections. Findings include: TV news websites offered the best service to consumers - a mix of up-to-date news and tools to allow users to find re...

Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism, Project for Excellence in Journalism

Nov-06

Keywords: US Election, government, American media

Six page summary of global survey of internet usage (17 countries). Shows major increases in internet use since 2002, although widening gap between countries with high internet usage vs those with low...

Source: Pew Global Attitudes Project, Pew Global Attitudes Project

Feb-06

Keywords: globalisation, Internet, technology, media consumption

In Britain there is currently a battle engaged around the point at which freedom of information and expression meet the right to the protection of private life. Yet neither ‘private life’ nor ‘public ...

Source: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Stephen Whittle and Glenda Cooper

17th July 2009

Keywords: Privacy, Public interest, Human Rights Act, New media

38 page summary of the fourth annual study of the State of the [US] News Media. As with earlier studies this finds that the 'transformation facing journalism is epochal' but that this year the US news...

Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism, Project for Excellence in Journalism

March 2007

Keywords: State of the News Media, journalism, US, newspapers

This, the fourth of OFCOM's annual reports about trends and developments in media and communications, contains an enormous amount of information showing how much - and how quickly - the media and comm...

Source: OFCOM, OFCOM

August 2007

Keywords: media, communications, trends, future

180 page report commissioned by the GLA examining coverage of Muslims and Islam - particularly in the UK press. The authors conducted an eclectic range of research to inform the report including: a r...

Source: Greater London Authority, Insted Consultancy et al

November 2007

Keywords: media, Muslims, Islam, Common Ground

Attitudes of young people towards anti-social behaviour and media representation. Based on a Youthnet/BYC survey completed by 757 12-25 year olds from the UK. Report finds that: - 98% of young people...

Source: YouthNet, YouthNet & the British Youth Council

July 2006

Keywords: Young people, media, representation, anti-social behaviour

Study commissioned by the National Consumer Council into the media behaviour of today's 9-13 year olds and the correlation between media behaviour and children's attitudes towards materialism and self...

Source: National Consumer Council, Agnes Nairn, Jo Ormrod and Paul Bottomley

July 2007

Keywords: children, media, television, computers, materialism, self-esteem