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Stephen Cushion

Chair Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University

Stephen Cushion is a Professor at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University. He is currently a PI four on research projects that total more than £1.2m. This includes a three year £517,731 research grant awarded by the ESRC entitled ‘Beyond the MSM: Understanding the rise of alternative online political media’ (2019-2022); a two year £9,839.80 research grant awarded by BA/Leverhulme entitled ‘Accurate or misleading? The portrayal of MSM in alt-left media’ (2019-2021); A two year £579,183 research grant awarded by AHRC entitled ‘Countering disinformation: enhancing journalistic legitimacy in public service media’ (2020-2022); and an Ofcom review of BBC News and Current Affairs (2019-2020).

Online News Consumption Has Surpassed Television – But Broadcasters Are Still the Most Widely Trusted

More people in the UK now access news online than on television, according to new survey data from the media regulator, Ofcom. This is the first time Ofcom’s annual news consumption poll found online media use ahead of TV news. The immediate press reaction to the survey suggested television is in terminal decline, with online media replacing TV news. […]

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