Using the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) to assess media pluralism in the UK in the year 2022

Abstract

This report presents the results of the Media Pluralism Monitor for the year 2022 in the United Kingdom. The Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) is a research tool that is designed to identify potential risks to media pluralism in countries across Europe. A regular implementation of the MPM is conducted every year in 27 EU Member States, as well as in Albania, Montenegro, The Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey. This year, the Centre of Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) has been commissioned by the Office of Communications (Ofcom) to examine the state of play of media pluralism in the United Kingdom using the MPM research tool. The MPM takes into account legal, political, and economic variables that are relevant to analysing the levels of plurality of media systems in a democratic society.