Dr Dave Harte

Head of the College of English and Media (interim)

Email:: dave.harte@bcu.ac.uk
Phone:: 0121 331 5421

Dave Harte is Associate Professor in Journalism and Media Studies. His research is focused on local and community journalism, and he has published widely on these topics.

He was co-investigator on the UK Research Council funded project 'Media, Community and the Creative Citizen' where he led a research strand investigating the scale and value of hyperlocal news websites.

He has also published on the role of social media in media education and has also managed funded research projects for the Communities and Culture Network, part of the UK Digital Economy research strand.

He has a track record of working with local media companies to support the growth of the creative economy. For many years he has worked closely with Birmingham's vibrant digital media sector acting as a link between the public sector and the business community. He also worked closely with the regional development agency for the West Midlands on their business clusters strategy, subsequently managing a major business support project on their behalf. Dave has worked with Birmingham City Council as Economic Development Manager for Digital Birmingham where he championed the use of social media and open data to the city leaders and the business community.

Areas of Expertise

Qualifications

Memberships

Teaching

Research

Postgraduate Supervision

Publications

Books

Harte, D. & Matthews R. (2021) Reappraising local and community news in the UK. London: Routledge

Harte, D., Williams, A. & Howells, R. (2018) Hyperlocal Journalism: the decline of local newspapers and the rise of online community news. London: Routledge

Journal articles

Harte, D., Long, P., & Naudin, A. (2019) The university as intermediary for the creative economy: Pedagogues, policy-makers and creative workers in the curriculum, Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 18(2–3), pp. 120–139.

Harte, D., Williams, A., & Turner, J. (2017) Reciprocity and the Hyperlocal Journalist. Journalism Practice, Vol 11, No 2-3, pp. 160-176.

Harte, D., Williams, A., & Turner, J. (2016) Discourses of Enterprise in Hyperlocal Community News in the UK. Journalism Practice, Vol 10, No 2, pp. 233-250.

Harte, D. (2016) ‘Tell it like it is’: The role of community not-for-profit media in regeneration and reputational change. Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics, Vol 13, No 2, pp. 35-47.

Williams, A., Harte, D. & Turner, J. (2015) The Value of UK Hyperlocal Community News. Digital Journalism, Vol 3, No 5, pp. 680-703.

Harte, D (2013) One Every Two Minutes’: assessing the scale of hyperlocal publishing in the UK. JOMEC journal Vol 3.

Harte, D & Jackson, J (2011) ‘Media Employability 2.0. Media Education Research Journal 2:2, pp:42-56

Harte, D. (2009) Issues in developing an Audio-Visual Cluster in the West Midlands. Creative Industries Journal. Vol 2 Issue 1.

Book chapters

Harte, D (2023) Unravelling the discourses of hyperlocal journalism. In: Matthews, R. and Hodgson, G. (eds) Local Journalism: Critical Perspectives on the Provincial Newspaper. London: Routledge

Turner, J and Harte, D (2022) Where's the Fake News in Hyperlocal Media? Trust amongst Citizen Journalists and Participatory Audiences in Local Facebook Pages. In Lynch, J & Rice, C (eds) Responsible Journalism in Conflicted Societies (pp. 44-58). Routledge.

Harte, D (2021) Clickbait and Banal News. In: Price, L., Wyatt, W., Sanders, K (eds) Routledge Companion to Journalism Ethics. London: Routledge (In press).

Harte, D & Turner, J (2020) Hyperlocal Media. In: Baker, M., Blaagaard, B., Jones, H., and Pérez-González, L., (eds) Routledge Encyclopedia of Citizen Media.

Harte, D. & Williams, A. (2016) Hyperlocal News. In: Witschge, T., Anderson, C. W., Domingo, D. & Hermida, A. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Digital Journalism. London: SAGE.

Harte, D., Dovey, J., Agusita, E. & Zamenopoulos, T. (2016) From Networks to Complexity: two case studies. In: Hargreaves, I. & Hartley, J. (eds.) The Creative Citizen Unbound: How Social Media Contribute to Civics, Democracy and Creative Communities. Bristol: Policy Press.

Harte, D. & Turner, J. (2015) Lessons from ‘The Vale’ – the role of hyperlocal media in shaping reputational geographies. In: O'Brien, D. & Matthews, P. (eds.) After urban regeneration: Communities, policy and place. Bristol: Policy Press. pp. 131-145.

Williams, A., Harte, D. & Turner, J. (2015) Filling the News Hole? UK Community News and the Crisis in Local Journalism In: Nielson, R. K. (ed.) Local Journalism: The Decline of Newspapers and the Rise of Digital Media. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 203-223.

Harte, D., Jackson, V. & Gough, K. (2014) 'I think it's Mad Sometimes' – Unveiling Attitudes to Identity Creation and Network Building by Media Studies Students on Facebook. In: Kent, M. & Leaver, T. (eds.) An Education in Facebook?: Higher Education and the World's Largest Social Network. Oxon: Taylor & Francis.

Journal editing

Harte, D & Greene C (2015) (eds) Special Issue: Creative Citizens Conference. Cultural Science Journal. Vol 8 No. 1