Media Standards Trust

Assessment of the market for current affairs television and how successfully the BBC is serving that market - based on qualitative (focus group) and quantitative research. Finds there are two markets ...

Source: BBC, BBC

Jan-05

Keywords: BBC, Current Affairs, Television,

Daniel Rivkin's analysis of global news coverage of New Zealand (television news profile 2002-2004) - to demonstrate the grip that PA and Reuters have over international coverage of New Zealand.

Source: Centre for Intl Communications Research, Centre for International Communications Research

Jun-06

Keywords: New Zealand, television news, country image, global coverage

ITV news viewing data and analysis from 1997-2000. Includes qualitative research conducted by Counterpoint about audience responses to the move of the ITV evening news from 10 to 11pm ("Many responden...

Source: ITC, ITC

Apr-00

Keywords: ITV, news bulletins, ratings, television

Content analysis of news coverage of September 11 2001, combined with research about attitudes towards news - based on 9/11 coverage and after. Many statements about how people recieve and interpret n...

Source: ITC, ITC

Jun-05

Keywords: News, television, Sept 11th, international, ethnic minorities

Jane Sancho's 49 page report about viewers' response to the 2001 General Election. Findings include: TV the main source of information (41%); interest in following the election campaign at an all-time...

Source: ITC, ITC

Oct-01

Keywords: politics, government, general election, television coverage

128 page report edited by Andrea Millwood Hargrave examining attitudes to multicultural broadcasting by the audience and by practitioners (qualitative research and online survey). Multicultural audien...

Source: ITC, ITC

Nov-02

Keywords: television, radio, multicultural, representation, ethnic minorities, advertising

Jane Sancho's 69 page research report based on survey of 5,500 viewers plus citizens' juries. Main finding - that viewers value regional programming and want it to continue into the 21st century. 89% ...

Source: ITC, ITC

Jul-02

Keywords: regional television, citizens juries, ITV

Summaries of research into what viewers understand by public service broadcasting, and what they want and expect from PSB channels in the future.

Source: ITC, ITC

Jan-01

Keywords: PSB, television, public view

30th annual survey asking viewers their opinions about television. Includes chapters on programme standards (59% thought they had not changed), sources of news (TV the primary source for 84%), and imp...

Source: ITC, ITC

2000

Keywords: television, public view, technology, viewing habits, programme standards, offence, sources, impartiality, regulation

32nd annual survey of public attitudes to television. Includes findings that 74% of people think the purpose of broadcasting regulation is to protect children and young people; 47% said programmes had...

Source: ITC, ITC

2002

Keywords: television, public view, technology, viewing habits, programme standards, offence, sources, impartiality, regulation

An audit of the benefits and costs of digital switchover from the viewer's perspective. Issues for viewers fall into 5 categories: availability of services, awareness and understanding of switchover o...

Source: OFCOM, Ofcom

Jul-06

Keywords: digital switchover, viewer priorities, television

Top down study of impact of extension of Television Without Frontiers Directive. For example, would include extension of right of reply to new media. Report suggests this does not offer many benefits ...

Source: OFCOM, Ofcom

Sep-05

Keywords: EU, Television Without Frontiers, impact

Source: OFCOM, Ofcom

Sep-05

Keywords: Production, television

Report on the first of a biannual series of practitioner symposia to reflect on existing provision of current affairs and how this was changing. Records that current affairs output across terrestrial ...

Source: OFCOM, Ofcom

Jul-06

Keywords: current affairs, television, PSB

OFCOM quantitative research (in association with ICM) to assess perceptions of television coverage of the 2005 General Election. The majority believed television news coverage of the 2005 election was...

Source: OFCOM, Ofcom

Sep-05

Keywords: politics, government, general election, television coverage

Discussion paper assessing the current state of the children's television market and the prospect of future delivery of original content for children. The paper is supposed to act as the basis from w...

Source: OFCOM, Ofcom

October 2007

Keywords: children's tv, television, OFCOM, original programming

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