Radio
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- 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?
- 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 might that change over time with increased digitalisation of media production and consumption?
- What is the best way to secure the inclusion and accessibility of radio on smart devices? What is the current value exchange between smart device platforms and UK radio stations, and how is this likely to change in the future? What are the audience demographics for old digital (DAB) radios vs new DAB+ devices.
- What impacts are smart speakers and broader connected devices having on radio listening and on radio providers? What are the opportunities for voice activation usage on smart speakers?
- 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?
- What are the environmental implications of increased on-demand consumption in comparison to linear broadcasting?
- How does engagement with and perceptions of different media forms shift across demographic characteristics? What interventions could improve engagement?
- 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?
- In what ways and why do audiences value audio content? Particularly thinking about the differences between live audio content and on demand.
- What are the challenges faced by UK radio providers?
- In what ways do governance, regulation and regulatory frameworks support or hinder public service broadcasters in providing a public service?