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| − | + | '''Dr Rebekah Willett''' is is a lecturer in media, ICT and cultural studies in the [[London Knowledge Lab]] department at the University of London's [[Institute of Education]]. She is also a researcher at the [[Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media]]. <ref> IOE, [http://www.ioe.ac.uk/study/LKLB_56.html Dr Rebekah Willett], accessed 4 January 2011. </ref> | |
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| − | + | Willett’s research interests include media cultures, literacy and gender. Projects she has worked on include 'Shared Spaces: Informal Learning and Digital Cultures' and a European media education project focusing on the internet. She has published work on new media pedagogies, Pokemon, internet risk, children's story writing, chatrooms and teenage girls and the internet. She has worked as a primary school teacher as well as a researcher. | |
| − | + | Her consultancy work has included evaluating projects and co-authoring reports for the [[Office of Communications]], [[MediaSmart]], and the [[Cambridge Film Consortium]]. <ref> IOE, [http://www.ioe.ac.uk/study/LKLB_56.html Dr Rebekah Willett], accessed 4 January 2011. </ref> | |
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| − | + | *2005 ‘Baddies’ in the classroom | |
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| − | Member of United Kingdom Literacy Association (Digital Literacy’s SIG) | + | *Willett, R. (2006) 'Poofy Dresses and Big Guns: A poststructuralist analysis of gendered positioning through talk amongst friends', ''Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education'' 27(4), 441-445. |
| + | *Willett, R. (2007) 'Consuming Fashion and Producing Meaning through Online Paper Dolls' In S. Weber and S. Dixon (eds), ''Growing up online: Children and technology''. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. | ||
| + | *Willett, R. (2007) 'Technology, Pedagogy and Digital Production: A Case Study of Children Learning New Media Skills', ''Learning Media and Technology'' 32(2), 167-181. | ||
| + | *Willett, R., Robinson, M. and Marsh, J. (eds) (2008) ''Play, Creativity and Digital Cultures''. London: Routledge. | ||
| + | *Willett, R. (2008) 'Consumer Citizens Online: Structure, agency and gender in online participation' In D. Buckingham (ed.), ''Youth, Identity and Digital Media''. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. | ||
| + | *Willett, R. (2008) ''What you wear tells a lot about you': Girls dress up online', Gender and Education 20(5), 421-434. | ||
| + | *Buckingham, D. and Willett, R. (eds) (2009) ''Video Cultures: Media Technology and Amateur Creativity. Basingstoke'': Palgrave Macmillan. | ||
| + | *Buckingham, D., Willett, R. and Pini, M. (forthcoming) ''Home Truths? Video Production and Domestic Life''. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. | ||
| + | *Willett, R. (forthcoming) 'As soon as you get on Bebo you just go mad: Young consumers and the discursive construction of teenagers online', ''Young Consumers: Insight and Ideas for Responsible Marketers'' | ||
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| + | ===Postgraduate Research=== | ||
| + | Includes: | ||
| + | *Naomi Hamer 'Contemporary children's literature, trans-media franchises and the literacy cultures of preadolescent girls' | ||
| + | *Maria Lambriandidou 'The effects of television advertisements on the construction of children's consumer identities' | ||
| + | *Daniel Cuzner 'The Hidden History of Amateur Film and Video Making in the UK' | ||
| + | *Jo Henderson 'Documents of Ordinariness: the Video Nation project' | ||
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| + | ==Affiliations== | ||
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| + | *Member of [[United Kingdom Literacy Association]] (Digital Literacy’s SIG) | ||
| + | *[[Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association]] | ||
| + | *[[British Educational Research Association]] | ||
| + | *Editorial board memberfor the ''Girlhood Studies: an interdisciplinary Journal.''<ref> IOE, [http://www.ioe.ac.uk/study/LKLB_56.html Dr Rebekah Willett], accessed 4 January 2011. </ref> | ||
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Email: r.willett@ioe.ac.uk<br> | Email: r.willett@ioe.ac.uk<br> | ||
| + | www.ioe.ac.uk/study/LKLB_56.html | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:33, 4 January 2011
Dr Rebekah Willett is is a lecturer in media, ICT and cultural studies in the London Knowledge Lab department at the University of London's Institute of Education. She is also a researcher at the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media. [1]
Activities
Willett’s research interests include media cultures, literacy and gender. Projects she has worked on include 'Shared Spaces: Informal Learning and Digital Cultures' and a European media education project focusing on the internet. She has published work on new media pedagogies, Pokemon, internet risk, children's story writing, chatrooms and teenage girls and the internet. She has worked as a primary school teacher as well as a researcher.
Her consultancy work has included evaluating projects and co-authoring reports for the Office of Communications, MediaSmart, and the Cambridge Film Consortium. [2]
Publications
- 2005 ‘Baddies’ in the classroom
- Willett, R. (2006) 'Poofy Dresses and Big Guns: A poststructuralist analysis of gendered positioning through talk amongst friends', Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education 27(4), 441-445.
- Willett, R. (2007) 'Consuming Fashion and Producing Meaning through Online Paper Dolls' In S. Weber and S. Dixon (eds), Growing up online: Children and technology. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Willett, R. (2007) 'Technology, Pedagogy and Digital Production: A Case Study of Children Learning New Media Skills', Learning Media and Technology 32(2), 167-181.
- Willett, R., Robinson, M. and Marsh, J. (eds) (2008) Play, Creativity and Digital Cultures. London: Routledge.
- Willett, R. (2008) 'Consumer Citizens Online: Structure, agency and gender in online participation' In D. Buckingham (ed.), Youth, Identity and Digital Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Willett, R. (2008) What you wear tells a lot about you': Girls dress up online', Gender and Education 20(5), 421-434.
- Buckingham, D. and Willett, R. (eds) (2009) Video Cultures: Media Technology and Amateur Creativity. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Buckingham, D., Willett, R. and Pini, M. (forthcoming) Home Truths? Video Production and Domestic Life. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
- Willett, R. (forthcoming) 'As soon as you get on Bebo you just go mad: Young consumers and the discursive construction of teenagers online', Young Consumers: Insight and Ideas for Responsible Marketers
Postgraduate Research
Includes:
- Naomi Hamer 'Contemporary children's literature, trans-media franchises and the literacy cultures of preadolescent girls'
- Maria Lambriandidou 'The effects of television advertisements on the construction of children's consumer identities'
- Daniel Cuzner 'The Hidden History of Amateur Film and Video Making in the UK'
- Jo Henderson 'Documents of Ordinariness: the Video Nation project'
Affiliations
- Member of United Kingdom Literacy Association (Digital Literacy’s SIG)
- Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association
- British Educational Research Association
- Editorial board memberfor the Girlhood Studies: an interdisciplinary Journal.[3]
Contact
Address: London Knowledge Lab,
Institute of Education,
University of London,
23-29 Emerald Street,
London,
WC1N 3QS
Phone:+44 020 7763 2186
Email: r.willett@ioe.ac.uk
www.ioe.ac.uk/study/LKLB_56.html
Notes
- ↑ IOE, Dr Rebekah Willett, accessed 4 January 2011.
- ↑ IOE, Dr Rebekah Willett, accessed 4 January 2011.
- ↑ IOE, Dr Rebekah Willett, accessed 4 January 2011.
