Background

Responsibilities

• Lecturer in Communications Media
• Erasmus and International Exchange Coordiantor

Teaching

• Communications and Media Theory (Year 2)
• Current Issues in Media and Communications (Year 3)

Research Interests

• Children, young people and new media, especially the internet
• Children's online safety
• The role of new technologies in learning at home and at school
• Understanding media audiences

Biography

• 2008-         Lecturer, MMU, Department of Information & Communications
• 2008-2009  Visiting Lecturer, University of Leeds, Institute of Communications Studies
• 2008-         Web & Research Consultant (self-employed)
• 2005-2007  Advisor, DirectgovKids, Department for Children, Schools & Families
• 2003-2005  Research Officer, UK Children Go Online, London School of Economics
• 2000-2004  PhD, MMU, department_id. of Information and Communications
• 1998-1999  MA in Mass Communications Research, University of Leicester
• 1996-1998  Communications, Politics and Psychology, University of Mainz (Germany)

Past Research Projects

• Learning in the Family: Parental Engagement in Children's Learning with Technology (www.intuitivemedia.com/nm.html)
• UK Children Go Online (www.lse.ac.uk/collections/children-go-online)
• PhD  ‘Young People Online: Emerging meanings in the production and consumption of web content’

Publications

Bober, M. (2004). Virtual Youth Research: An exploration of methodologies and ethical dilemmas from a British perspective. In E. Buchanan (Ed.), Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and controversies, pp. 288-315. Hershey, PA: INFOSCI.

Hart, R., Bober, M. and Pine, K. (2008). Learning in the Family: Parental engagement in children's learning with technology. Bakewell, Derbs.: Intuitive Media Research Services, www.intuitivemedia.com/nm.html.

Livingstone, S. and Bober, M. (2003, October). UK Children Go Online: Listening to young people’s experiences. London: LSE, www.lse.ac.uk/collections/children-go-online.

Livingstone, S. and Bober, M. (2004, July). UK Children Go Online: Surveying the experiences of young people and their parents. London: LSE, www.lse.ac.uk/collections/children-go-online.

Livingstone, S. and Bober, M. (2004). Taking up Opportunities? Children’s uses of the internet for education, communication and participation. E-Learning, 1(3), 395-419, www.wwwords.co.uk/ELEA.

Livingstone, S., Bober, M. and Helsper, E. (2005, February). Internet Literacy Among Children and Young People: Findings from the UK Children Go Online project. London: LSE, www.lse.ac.uk/collections/children-go-online.

Livingstone, S., Bober, M. and Helsper, E. (2005, April). Inequalities and the Digital Divide in Children and Young People’s Internet Use: Findings from the UK Children Go Online project. London: LSE, www.lse.ac.uk/collections/children-go-online.

Livingstone, S. and Bober, M. (2005, April). UK Children Go Online: Final report of key project findings. London: LSE, www.lse.ac.uk/collections/children-go-online.

Livingstone, S., Bober, M. and Helsper, E. (2005). Active Participation or Just More Information? Young people’s take up of opportunities to act and interact on the internet. Information, Communication & Society, 8(3), 287-314.

Livingstone, S. and Bober, M. (2006). Regulating the Internet at Home: Contrasting the perspectives of children and parents, in D. Buckingham and R. Willett (Eds.), Digital Generations: Children, young people, and new media, pp. 93-113. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.