Decline in print media
Decline in Print Media Part 1: Ofcom report into news consumption 2019 1) Look at the key findings from the report on pages 2-3. How do UK adults generally get their news? While TV remains the most-used platform for news nowadays by UK adults, usage has decreased since last year. 2) Read the overall summary for adults on pages 7-8. What do you notice about the changing way adults are getting their news? At the same time, use of social media has gone up, with nearly half of all adults saying they use it for news. 3) Look at the summary of platforms used on page 13. What do you notice about newspapers and how has it changed since 2018? The usage decreased. Newspapers are the least used news source for all adults aged 16 and up. 4) Now look at the demographic summary for news platforms on page 15. What audience demographic groups (e.g. age, social class) are most and least likely to read newspapers? Females between the ages of 16 and 24 who are from a lower-middle-class family are the