Ofcom's Adults' Media Lives study was set up in 2005 to provide a small-scale, rich and detailed qualitative complement to Ofcom's quantitative surveys of media literacy. The project follows the same 20 individuals over time, and interviews them on camera each year about their media habits and attitudes.
The interviews provide evidence about the motivations and the context of media use, and how media services and devices are part of daily life and domestic circumstances. The project also provides us with rich detail of how media habits and attitudes change over time, in particular linked to life-stage.
2024
Adults Media Lives 2024 A Qualitative Study – Wave 19 (PDF, 4.59 MB)2023
Adults' Media Lives 2023: A qualitative study – Wave 18 summary report (PDF, 3.8 MB)
2022
Adults' Media Lives 2022: A qualitative study – Wave 17 summary report (PDF, 218.1 KB)
2021
Adults’ Media Lives 2021: A qualitative study – Wave 16 summary report (PDF, 372.6 KB)
2020
Adults’ Media Lives 2020: A qualitative study – Wave 15 summary report (PDF, 247.5 KB)
2019
Adults’ Media Lives 2019: A qualitative study – Wave 14 summary report (PDF, 617.8 KB)
Adults’ Media Lives 2019 – Discussion guide (PDF, 156.9 KB)
2018
Adults’ Media Lives 2018: A qualitative study – Wave 13 summary report (PDF, 756.3 KB)
Note: We've named this report after the year of publication. Previously, we named the report after the year of fieldwork.
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