Online media outlet
Research Topic
Language: English
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Research problems linked to this topic
- What can we learn about news consumption trends, including on which platforms news is consumed, diversity of readership; the role of media literacy in engagement with news; even expectations of what ‘news’ is and how that varies depending on the platform?
- How is digital culture affecting how people define culture?
- To what extent does the UK public understand trade policy and global trade patterns? What are their main sources of information?
- How do different social groups ordemographics respond to information on coronavirus in different countries
- Preventing offenders from inciting violence and promoting their actions through online channels
- How does engagement with and perceptions of different media forms shift across demographic characteristics? What interventions could improve engagement?
- What are the social and cultural impacts of digital engagement and how do they differ from or compliment physical engagement?
- What is the prevalence and impact of harm caused by online advertising content and its targeted delivery to internet users (such as fraudulent or misleading adverts, adverts for age restricted products or services, illegal products)?
- Using digital channels to prevent and disrupt crime more effectively
- How could media literacy be used to build audiences’ resilience to these harms?
- 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?
- 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?
- What is the impact of digital technologies on supply and demand for culture in AHT sectors?
- To what extent has the COVID-19 pandemic and transition to more online/hybrid events changed the domestic/international digital footprint of AHT organisations based within the UK?
- How does the UK’s digital offer for international cultural activity compare to other markets around the world? Where have there been market failures for digital policy in relation to international arts and culture activity and what are effective intervention options?
- How does the type of online advert (such as video, display, social media influencers etc) influence engagement/interaction with online advertising? How does this engagement differ by age?
- 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?
- How is digital culture affecting how people interact with both physical and digital forms of culture? Are they substitutes or complements e.g. can digital engagement increase physical engagement? What does this mean for future policy interventions and business models?
- How can we make the most of participatory/ co-design approaches with different groups in society, including digital engagement, to generate new ideas, learn from existing practice, and build consensus for the future of policy?
- Are digital markets, including digital intermediation services such as platforms, impacting creator remuneration, and if so how?
- What are the social, economic, cultural and democratic impacts of national and local news provision in the UK? How can we best quantify and/or qualify the impact of national and local news provision? How do these impacts and benefits differ across different demographics and stakeholders?
- Understanding the effects of mainstream and social media on violence
- Role of mainstream and social media in promoting / countering extremist communication, and in recruitment.
- Which methodologies could be used to more accurately forecast physical engagement at cultural events?
- How does access to creative activities, including through digital and social media, support the development of creative and other skills?