Dr Barbara Mitra

Senior Lecturer in Media & Cultural Studies

Dr Barbara Mitra is a senior lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Worcester. Her doctoral research focused on ethnographic research regarding television commercials and cultural change in India. She has published on television commercials and children in Britain, especially with reference to gender. She also has research interests in the use of technology in learning and teaching.

Dr Barbara Mitra's website

Conference Papers
Mitra,B., Lewin-Jones, J., Barrett, H., & Williamson, S. (2009) 'Evaluating the use of Video in Learning and Teaching: the Blended Learning Research Project' University of Worcester, Learning and Teaching Conference.

Mitra,B. & Lewin-Jones, J. (2009) 'Children, Gender and Toy Names' at Feminist Transitions Conference, Hosted by Edge Hill University, Liverpool.

Talking Heads DVD at the Learning and Teaching Conference, University of Worcester (2008)

Children, Television Commercials and Gender at MeCCSA annual conference, Cardiff (2008)

Television Commercials and Children at Children’s Conference, University or Worcester (2007)

‘Are Television Commercials Promoting a New Form of Sanskritisation in India' Culture and Social Change: Disciplinary Exchanges, Inaugural Conference of the Centre for research on Socio-Cultural Change, Manchester (2005)

Publications
Barrett, H., Lewin-Jones, J., Mitra., B & Williamson, S. (2009) 'Evaluating the Use of Video in Learning and Teaching: the Blended Learning Research Project' Worcester Journal of Learning and Teaching, Issue 2.

Lewin-Jones, Jenny and Barbara Mitra. “Gender Roles in Television Commercials and Primary School Children in the UK”, Journal of Children and Media, 3(1) (2009): 35-50.

‘The Influence of Television Commercials on Clothing in India’ Worcester Papers in English and Cultural Studies October 2005 (3), University of Worcester

Milbourne, P., Mitra, B., and Winter, M. (2001) Agriculture and Rural Society: Complementarities and Conflicts Between Farming and Incomers to the Countryside in England and Wales. Cheltenham. Countryside and Community Research Unit Report to MAFF.

Films
Baudrillrd with Alan How (2009) Educational Interview. (Director: Dr. Barbara Mitra, Editor: Gerry Beattie).

Harvard Referencing with Mike Webb (2008) Educational Interview.
(Director: Dr. Barbara Mitra), Editor: Mark Adams).
Link: http://www.vimeo.com/2294900

Harvard Referencing also available on You Tube:
http://uk.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0C00E7AA26356A2C

Oral Histories with Sue Johnson (2007) Educational Interview.
(Director: Dr. Barbara Mitra, Editor: Mark Adams).
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nX1odZDA0gk&feature=channel

Interviews and questionnaires with Dr. Simon Hardy (2006) Educational Interview
(Director: Dr. Barbara Mitra, Editor: Gabby Morton Jones).
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=31yalQIVvRY&feature=related

Semiotics with Dr. Jill Terry (2005) Educational Interview.
(Director: Dr. Barbara Mitra, Editor: Mark Adams).
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=L0WWCyt4E48

Signifier and Signified with Dr. Jill Terry (2005) Educational Interview
(Director: Dr. Barbara Mitra, Editor: Mark Adams).
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YWwYettZdv8&feature=channel