David Buckingham, Professor
Institute of Education, University of London, England
http://www.childrenyouthandmediacentre.co.uk
Three Expertise Keywords:
children-and-media, media-literacy, media-literacy-education, participatory-media, sociology-of-childhood, youth-culture
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Why Digital Media and Learning?
It’s the modern world and we’d better get used to it.
Recent Posts:
- David Buckingham: School’s Out? (December 20, 2007)
- This week’s theme: identity in digital media (December 12, 2006)
- David Buckingham: Considering Identity (December 11, 2006)
Description of Current Work:
David directs the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media at the Institute of Education in London (http://www.childrenyouthandmediacentre.co.uk). His research focuses on children and young people’s interactions with electronic media, and on media education. He has recently completed research projects on young people’s engagement with video games; informal learning and creativity in media education; the uses of digital media by migrant/refugee children across Europe; and young people’s responses to sexual content in the media. He is currently working on two major research projects, about the everyday use of video camcorders, and about the role of the internet in young people’s civic participation.
Selected Publications/Projects/Articles/Press:
David’s work has been published in over 15 languages. His publications include Children Talking Television (Falmer 1993), Moving Images (Manchester UP 1996), The Making of Citizens (Routledge 2000), After the Death of Childhood (Polity 2000), and Media Education (Polity 2003). His most recent books include Beyond Technology: Children’s Learning in the Age of Digital Culture (Polity, 2007) and Global Children, Global Media; Migration, Media and Childhood (with Liesbeth de Block, Palgrave, 2007).
