Dave Harte is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at Birmingham City University where he leads the MA in Social Media. His main research interests are on the role that community news websites play in fostering citizenship. His research into the scale and scope of hyperlocal publishing in the UK has been published by the UK media regulator Ofcom and he has recently completed working on the AHRC-funded ‘Creative Citizenship’ project. He has a background in working with local and regional policy-makers on developing the creative economy and has managed projects with a focus on supporting creative businesses.
