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Ofcom has published qualitative research carried out by Ipsos MORI, looking at how people use the internet and interact with online services. “Being online: an investigation of people’s habits and attitudes” was commissioned to inform Ofcom’s duties in relation to consumers’ and citizens’ communications interests, and its regulatory duty to promote media literacy. The study finds that people tend to make subconscious trade-offs between risk and rewards in their online activities. People use very varied strategies for staying safe online, and there is little consensus as to what these strategies should be, as well as misconceptions about what constitutes “safe” behaviour. The full report is available here<http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/media-literacy/media-lit-research/being-online/> on the Ofcom website. Please contact Alison Preston at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> for any further details. ________________________________ ****************************************************************************************************************** For more information visit www.ofcom.org.uk This email (and any attachments) is confidential and intended for the use of the addressee only. If you have received this email in error please notify the originator of the message and delete it from your system. This email has been scanned for viruses. However, you open any attachments at your own risk. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and do not represent the views or opinions of Ofcom unless expressly stated otherwise. ****************************************************************************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------