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*Note: this event is also streamed live, see below* 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 (directions below) TIME/DATE: 17.00hrs GMT Wednesday 6 November ACCESSIBLE ONLINE at http://uilapech01.nottingham.ac.uk:8080/ess/echo/presentation/c8676d90-0b48-45ac-a115-a931b032d4c7 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) The lecture will take place in A48 at the Sir Clive Granger Building on the University Park campus. For directions to the University Park Campus, see www.nottingham.ac.uk/about/visitorinformation/mapsanddirections/universityparkcampus.aspx). The Sir Clive Granger Building is marked as 16 on the campus map at www.nottingham.ac.uk/sharedresources/documents/mapuniversitypark.pdf Please address any enquiries to: Prof. Paul McDonald Professor of Cinema and Media Industries University of Nottingham (e) [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------------- 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/ --------------------------------------------------------