Making Sense of Media Annual Plan 24-25
Published: 7 October 2024
This document details our progress since we published our last annual plan in April 2023. We are proud of all we have achieved over the last 18 months across a range of disciplines including policy, research, evaluation, commissioning activities for communities and working with platforms.
Making Sense of Media Bulletin: October 2024
Published: 29 January 2024
Last updated: 7 October 2024
Ofcom's Making Sense of Media bulletin summarises media literacy activities by a range of organisations in the UK and overseas.
Online services pledge to prioritise media literacy
Published: 7 October 2024
Four online services have today pledged to adopt Ofcom’s best practice principles for promoting media literacy on their platforms
Ofcom’s three-year media literacy strategy
Published: 29 April 2024
Last updated: 7 October 2024
Media literacy has been an important part of Ofcom’s role since it was established in 2003 when the Communications Act directed Ofcom to research and promote media literacy across the UK. This publication marks a significant milestone as Ofcom’s first public articulation of a multi-year media literacy strategy in 20 years.
Boosting skills among children, older adults and Disabled people: Evaluating what works for media literacy
Published: 9 September 2024
Making Sense of Media: What works in Media Literacy?
Published: 9 September 2024
In December 2022, Ofcom commissioned 13 organisations to test and evaluate different approaches to improving media literacy skills among three cohort groups: children and young people; older adults, and; disabled people and people with learning disabilities. This report summarises the main challenges and lessons learned in terms of evaluating media literacy interventions.
What works in delivering media literacy activities
Published: 9 September 2024
Best Practice Design Principles for Media Literacy
Published: 14 March 2024
Last updated: 21 May 2024
What good media literacy 'by design' looks like for social media, search, video-sharing and gaming services.
Empowering people to navigate content safely and flourish online
Published: 29 April 2024
Ofcom has today set out how it plans to step up its media literacy work in the coming years, as part of new duties to protect and empower internet users under the Online Safety Act.
Exploring high media literacy among children aged 8-12
Published: 15 March 2024
This research report explores how highly media literate children aged 8-12 navigate their online worlds.