Questions from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
Diversity and inclusion in media: Securing diversity and inclusion in the UK media sector
What works in terms of improving diversity (defined as representation of protected characteristics and socio-demographic background to the UK population) within the media workforce to bring it closer to being representative of the UK workforce and audiences?
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, 2023
Diversity and inclusion in media: Securing diversity and inclusion in the UK media sector
How diverse and inclusive is the media workforce at all levels and how is this changing over time? What interventions could improve diversity and inclusion in the media workforce?
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, 2023
Radio: Securing the sustainability of the UK radio sector
What impact are podcasts having on the UK radio market? What is the scale and reach of the UK podcast market, in terms of the number of providers, usage of different platforms, market share of providers and platforms, demographics and other factors including financial dynamics?
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, 2023
Radio: Securing the sustainability of the UK radio sector
What is the best way to secure the inclusion and accessibility of radio on smart devices? What is the current value exchange between smart device platforms and UK radio stations, and how is this likely to change in the future? What are the audience demographics for old digital (DAB) radios vs new DAB+ devices.
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, 2023
Media freedom and journalist safety: Safeguarding media freedom in the UK, and protecting the safety of journalists operating in the UK
What are the impact of existing initiatives to support journalists and improve their safety, in both the UK and abroad, and what does this tell us about what works? What further interventions could be introduced to improve journalist safety in the UK?
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, 2023
Media freedom and journalist safety: Safeguarding media freedom in the UK, and protecting the safety of journalists operating in the UK
What impact do abuse, threats and violence have on journalists in the UK? What is the most appropriate way to define ‘abuse’, particularly online abuse, of journalists? What are the perceived boundaries between abuse and valid criticism by different stakeholders? What are the potential triggers for journalist abuse in the UK and internationally, including through analysis of online abuse on social media platforms and publisher websites, and the online accounts posting this abuse and wider evidence gathering?
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, 2023
Media freedom and journalist safety: Safeguarding media freedom in the UK, and protecting the safety of journalists operating in the UK
How can we best measure and track media freedom in the UK context building upon existing international work including the RSF’s Media Freedom Index? What does a more detailed development and analysis reveal?
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, 2023
Ensuring the financial sustainability of the UK press sector
What affects willingness to pay for news online? What types of content are different audience groups willing to pay for? In what ways are different audiences willing to pay (e.g. regular subscription, donation)? How does this change over time and what influences that change?
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, 2023
Ensuring the financial sustainability of the UK press sector
What are the underlying causes of the financial challenges facing the press sector and how does that vary across the national and local sub-sectors? What impact are the financial challenges having on the economic, social and cultural value of news provision in the UK?
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, 2023