Steven Barclay
Biographic Data
| ID | 6697677 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Barclay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven |
| FAMILY NAME | Barclay |
| SIGNATURE | BARCLAY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Westminster |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6080-8456 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Historical Framework for Understanding Public Service Media and Children’s Education in the UK
This article explores the history of the idea that public service media has a direct role and responsibility to provide education to school-age children, through a history of the BBC’s educational service for children, known as BBC Schools. Developing from the 1920s to around 2008, BBC Schools was popular and effective, being used in almost all UK schools from the 1950s to the 1990s, making influential curriculum innovations and forming part of t…
UK Broadcasting and Media for Children
Local news as political institution and the repercussions of ‘news deserts’
A transformation in the political economy of local news provision has led to claims that an increasing number of local areas have become ‘news deserts’ – areas that are poorly served or not served at all by professional and dedicated news services (Abernathy, 2022). Such developments have raised widespread concerns about the future health of local democracy. One aspect of local news’ declining capacity that has received little attention to date i…
Look and Read
The BBC began broadcasting school television in 1957. As school television developed in the 1960s, the BBC engaged with educational research and addressed national educational problems. Pedagogy in UK schools was becoming more progressive, and literacy was one of its most important and complex elements. UK Schools had struggled to achieve universal literacy among 7–9-year-olds. The series Look and Read and Words and Pictures used literacy researc…
The BBC School Broadcasting Council and the Education System 1935–1971
This article seeks to establish connections between histories of education and media by examining long-term institutional and structural factors. In order to establish a role for broadcasting in schools, the BBC formed a relationship with the educational world through advisory machinery called the Central Council for School Broadcasting (CCSB), later reconstituted as the School Broadcasting Council (SBC). In the key period of school broadcasting’…
The BBC School Broadcasting Council and the Education System 1935–1971
This article seeks to establish connections between histories of education and media by examining long-term institutional and structural factors. In order to establish a role for broadcasting in schools, the BBC formed a relationship with the educational world through advisory machinery called the Central Council for School Broadcasting (CCSB), later reconstituted as the School Broadcasting Council (SBC). In the key period of school broadcasting’…
The BBC School Broadcasting Council and the Education System 1935–1971
This article seeks to establish connections between histories of education and media by examining long-term institutional and structural factors. In order to establish a role for broadcasting in schools, the BBC formed a relationship with the educational world through advisory machinery called the Central Council for School Broadcasting (CCSB), later reconstituted as the School Broadcasting Council (SBC). In the key period of school broadcasting’…
Look and Read
The BBC began broadcasting school television in 1957. As school television developed in the 1960s, the BBC engaged with educational research and addressed national educational problems. Pedagogy in UK schools was becoming more progressive, and literacy was one of its most important and complex elements. UK Schools had struggled to achieve universal literacy among 7–9-year-olds. The series Look and Read and Words and Pictures used literacy researc…
A Historical Framework for Understanding Public Service Media and Children’s Education in the UK
This article explores the history of the idea that public service media has a direct role and responsibility to provide education to school-age children, through a history of the BBC’s educational service for children, known as BBC Schools. Developing from the 1920s to around 2008, BBC Schools was popular and effective, being used in almost all UK schools from the 1950s to the 1990s, making influential curriculum innovations and forming part of t…
UK Broadcasting and Media for Children
Local news as political institution and the repercussions of ‘news deserts’
A transformation in the political economy of local news provision has led to claims that an increasing number of local areas have become ‘news deserts’ – areas that are poorly served or not served at all by professional and dedicated news services (Abernathy, 2022). Such developments have raised widespread concerns about the future health of local democracy. One aspect of local news’ declining capacity that has received little attention to date i…
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