Professor David Buckingham

  • Qualifications and position:
    • PGCE, MA, PhD, ACSS
    • Professor of Education
    • Director, Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media(CSCYM)
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Culture and Pedagogy
  • Department:
    • London Knowledge Lab
  • Summary:
    • David Buckingham is one of the leading international researchers in the field of media education, and in research on children and young people's interactions with electronic media. He has directed more than 20 externally-funded research projects on these issues, funded by bodies such as the Economic and Social Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Broadcasting Standards Commission, the Arts Council of England, the European Commission and the Gulbenkian, Macarthur, Spencer and Nuffield Foundations; and he has been a consultant for bodies such as UNESCO, the United Nations, Ofcom, the Department for Children, Schools and Families, and the Institute for Public Policy Research.

      He is the author, co-author or editor of 24 books, and around 200 articles and book chapters. His work has been translated into 15 languages. Professor Buckingham has been a Visiting Scholar at the Annenberg School for Communications, University of Pennsylvania, a Visiting Professor at New York University, and a Visiting Professor at the Norwegian Centre for Child Research. He has taught and addressed conferences in more than 25 countries around the world, and his work has been disseminated in a wide range of print and broadcast media, nationally and internationally.
  • Teaching:
    • MA Media, Culture and Communication
  • Research Projects:
    • • CivicWeb: Young Peple, the Internet and Civic Participation (EC, 2006-2009)
      • Developing Media Literacy: towards a Model of Learning Progression (ESRC) 2009-2012

      Consultancy
      • Leading independent assessment of the impact of the commercial world on children's wellbeing (DCSF/DCMS)
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Kostas Voros: Media education in Greek primary education.
      Habiba Noor: Muslim youths' readings of news coverage of the 'war on terror'
      Amie Kim: The 'digital generation' in South Korea
      Wendy Earle: How cultural organisations use the internet to engage young people
      Jo Henderson: The BBC's Video Nation project
      Dan Cuzner: The culture of amateur video-making clubs
      Rachel Bailey: Children's television brands in the twenty first century
      Carol Cooper: Young people uses of mobile phones
      Michele Daniels: Migration and visual memory
  • Professional Activities:
    • • Digital literacy expert group, European Commission
      • Editor, International Journal of Learning and Media (MIT Press)
      • Member of ten international editorial boards
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Recent events include:
      • First International Conference on Popular Culture and Education, Hong Kong, 2008
      • EC Ministerial Conference on E-inclusion, Vienna, 2008
      • DREAM Conference on Informal Learning and Digital Media, Denmark, 2008
      • World Forum of Cultures, Monterrey, Mexico, 2007
 

Contact details

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  • Address:
  • London Knowledge Lab
    Institute of Education University of London
    20 Bedford Way
    London
    WC1H 0AL

  • Office Location:
  • Level 3
    23-29 Emerald Street, WC1N 3QS

Publications

  • Buckingham, D. (2007) Beyond Technology: Children's Learning in the Age of Digital Media (translated into Spanish). Cambridge: Polity Press.
  • Buckingham, D. (2003) Media Education: Literacy, Learning and Contemporary Culture (translated into Japanese, Korean, Hungarian, Chinese -simple and complex characters, Italian, Spanish and Greek. Cambridge: Polity Press.
  • Buckingham, D. (2000) After the Death of Childhood: Growing Up in the Age of Electronic Media (translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Chinese, Italian and Korean). Cambridge: Polity Press.
  • Buckingham, D. (2000) The Making of Citizens: Young People, News and Politics. London: Routledge.
  • Buckingham, D. (1996) Moving Images: Understanding Children's Emotional Responses to Television . Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • Buckingham, D. (1993) Children Talking Television: The Making of Television Literacy. London: Falmer Press.