Inaugural Screen Industries Research Lecture Institute for Screen Industries Research University of Nottingham

BEING DIGITAL: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ONLINE IN 2013

Alison Preston
Head of Media Literacy Research, Ofcom

All welcome!

Location: A48, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Campus

Time: 5pm on Wednesday 6 November

Hosted by the Institute for Screen Industries Research (ISIR), the Screen Industries Research series of lectures will provide a platform for the best new research on and by the screen industries.

Ofcom is the UK’s media and communications regulator. In this lecture Alison Preston, Head of Media Literacy Research at Ofcom, will outline how the regulatory authority carries out its research programme, giving examples of the research they provide and where to find it. To illustrate this work, the lecture will provide an overview of three key recent studies – children’s media use; news consumption; and adults’ digital literacy. What changes have occurred in children’s media consumption over the last year? Which platforms are adults using for their news consumption, and what use is made of social media for news? To what extent do online adults have critical understanding of the activities that they carry out? These and other questions will be addressed through the findings of Ofcom’s studies. In addition, Ofcom’s Media Lives qualitative, longitudinal study will be used as illustration of some key themes relating to online habits and individuals’ digital journeys.

To access the reports referred to, please visit:

Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report 2013 (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/october-2013/research07Oct2013.pdf)

News Consumption in the UK 2013 (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/other/tv-research/news-2013)

Adults Media Use and Attitudes Report 2013 (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/adult-media-lit-13/2013_Adult_ML_Tracker.pdf)

Media Lives – Wave 8 2013 (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/wave8/Media_Lives_Wave_8_2013.pdf)

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Please address any enquiries to:
Prof. Paul McDonald
Professor of Cinema and Media Industries
University of Nottingham