Dave Harte

Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications, Birmingham School of Media

Dave works closely with Birmingham's vibrant digital media economy, acting as a link between the public sector and the business community.

His work on 'Media, Community and the Creative Citizen' sees him lead a research strand investigating the scale and value of ‘hyperlocal’ news websites. His work on this has been published by Ofcom to support understanding of this emerging sector.

Expertise:

• Social media
• Hyperlocal publishing
• Creative citizenship
• Regional creative economies.

Notable coverage:

• The Gadget Show (Feb 2014)
  Discussed the change in peoples use of desktop computers
• BBC’s Fake Britain (May 2014)
  Discussed Facebook fraud and advice on staying safe online