Best Practice Design Principles for Media Literacy
Published: 14 March 2024
Last updated: 13 May 2025
What good media literacy 'by design' looks like for social media, search, video-sharing and gaming services.
Making Sense of Media: What works in Media Literacy?
Published: 9 September 2024
Last updated: 9 May 2025
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.
Top trends from our latest look at the UK’s media lives
Published: 7 May 2025
Our Media Use and Attitudes and Media Lives reports – of which the adults’ research is now in its twentieth year - highlight online and media use by asking children and adults across the UK about the role that tech and media play in their lives.
Making Sense of Media Bulletin: May 2025
Published: 29 January 2024
Last updated: 30 April 2025
Ofcom's Making Sense of Media bulletin summarises media literacy activities by a range of organisations in the UK and overseas.
A teachable moment: opportunities, gaps and next steps from our review of Media literacy training for teachers
Published: 27 February 2025
A teachable moment: opportunities, gaps and next steps from our review of Media literacy training for teachers.
Research, Evidence and Evaluation Working Group
Published: 16 December 2024
Last updated: 24 February 2025
Our Research, Evidence and Evaluation working group comprises academics and experts with a shared interest in a wide range of topics related to media literacy research and evaluation.
MSOM Advisory Panel
Published: 14 March 2024
Last updated: 4 December 2024
The Making Sense of Media Advisory Panel informs Ofcom's work to help improve the online skills, knowledge and understanding of UK adults and children.
Future technology and media literacy
Published: 14 March 2024
Last updated: 13 November 2024
These discussion papers explore future technology trends and their implications for media literacy.
Do you know how your social media platform is using your data?
Published: 12 November 2024
Social media is a significant aspect of daily life for most of us. Almost all adult internet users use some form of online communication platform.
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.