Proportion of UK journalists who experience having demeaning or hateful speech directed at them by frequency they produce content for social media

The more often journalists produce content for social media, the more often they experience demeaning or hateful speech.

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platf2. How often do you produce or edit content, or supervise its production, specifically for these platforms? Social media. safe1_A. In the last five years, how often have you experienced any of the following actions related to your work as a journalist? Demeaning or hateful speech directed at you. Base: Never produce = 190, Rarely = 112, Sometimes = 233, Often = 271, Always = 170.

Source: 'UK journalists in the 2020s: Who they are, how they work, and what they think', published in April 2025.