Newspapers: The Decline In Print Media

 Blog tasks: The decline in print media

Part 1: Ofcom report into news consumption 2022

1) Look at the headlines from the report on page 6. Pick three that you think are interesting and bullet point them here. Why did you pick those three in particular?  


2) Look at the overall summary for adults on pages 7-8. What are the key points on newspapers? 


3) Look at the statistics on page 13. What do you notice about newspapers and how has it changed in recent years?


4) Now look at the age demographics for news consumption on page 16. What age demographic groups are most and least likely to read newspapers and what are the percentages? 


5) Look at the newspaper-specific data on page 36. Which are the most popular newspaper titles? 


6) Now look at the total newspaper reach of print and online on page 39. How has this decreased over the last three years?


Part 2: Factsheet - The death of print media

Go to our Media Factsheet archive and open Factsheet 165: The death of print media. Our Media Factsheet archive is on the Media Shared drive: M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets or you can find it online here - you'll need to log in using your Greenford Google login.

Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks (bullet points/short answers are fine):

1) What has happened to print media in the last 30 years?


There has been a massive decrease in number of consumers for newspapers on a day to day basis.


2) Why is the Independent newspaper such a good case study for the decline in print media?



3) What was the Independent newspaper famous for?



4) What did the then-owner of the Independent, Evgeny Lebedev, say about the newspaper's digital-only future?



5) How do online newspapers make money?



6) What did the Independent's longest-serving editor Simon Kelner warn regarding the switch to digital?



7) What is the concern with fake news? What does 'post-truth' refer to?



8) What is your view on the decline in print media? Should news be free? Is it a concern that established media brands such as the Independent can no longer afford to exist as a printed newspaper?

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