Dr Bianca Wright
Curriculum Lead: Immersive and Associate Professor
Biography
An award-winning technology journalist whose work has appeared in consumer and trade magazines and websites, in the US, the UK, Australia, South Africa and Europe. Bianca Wright is passionate about investigating the possibilities, challenges and risks of new and emerging technologies, including; virtual reality and gaming. Bianca has worked on a range of projects in academia and industry, most recently focusing on immersive technologies and digital skills development.
Bianca is currently Curriculum Lead: Immersive and Associate Professor and an Associate of the Centre for Post-Digital Cultures at Coventry University. She holds a Masters in Science and Technology Journalism and a PhD in Media Studies focusing on gamification in serious games, and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Qualifications
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
- DPhil Media Studies (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa)
- MPhil Science and Technology Journalism (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
- BA (Hons) English Literature (University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa)
- BA English and French (University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa)
Contact me:
Email: ab6597@coventry.ac.uk
Curriculum Lead: Immersive and Associate Professor
School of Media and Performing Arts
College of the Arts and Society
Teaching
- Transmedia Practice
- Research and Development in Digital Media
- Immersive technologies
- Digital storytelling
- Digital media theory
- Games and gamification
Outputs and publications
- Immediacy as news experience: exploring its multiple dimensions in print and online contexts Omar, B., Al-Samarraie, H. & Wright, B., 15 Mar 2021, In: Online Information Review. 45, 2, p. 461-480 20 p.
- A real-time biosurveillance mechanism for early-stage disease detection from microblogs: a case study of interconnection between emotional and climatic factors related to migraine disease Sarsam, S. M., Al-Samarraie, H., Ismail, N., Zaqout, F. & Wright, B., Dec 2020, In: Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics. 9, 1, 32.
- Sarcasm detection using machine learning algorithms in Twitter: A systematic review Sarsam, S. M., Al-Samarraie, H., Ibrahim Alzahrani, A. & Wright, B., 1 Sep 2020, In: International Journal of Market Research. 62, 5, p. 578-598 21 p.
- A conceptualization of factors affecting collaborative knowledge building in online environments Ghazal, S., Al-Samarraie, H. & Wright, B., 22 Nov 2019, In: Online Information Review. 44, 1, p. 62-89 28 p.
- Playing the News VR: Coventry Blitz Wright, B., Tsankov, T. & Graham, S., 14 Nov 2017
- Gender and critical media: Information literacy in digial age – Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria Mudhai, O. F., Musa, A. & Wright, B., 1 Sep 2016, In: Journal of African Media Studies. 8, 3, p. 267-280 14 p.
- Back pocket learning — enabling ‘digital natives’ to use smart devices to ensure understanding of the threshold concepts of journalism
Stevenson, S. & Wright, B., 2015, Smart Learning. Middleton, A. (ed.). Sheffield: MELSIG, p. 138-145 - ‘The Battle for the Bay’: The 2011 Local Government Elections in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Prevost, G., Steyn Kotze, J. & Wright, B., 2014, In: Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies. 41, 1, p. 59-83
- Perceptions of advergaming as an advertising tool in South Africa
Wright, B., 14 Dec 2012, In: Communitas. 17, 1, p. 141-161 20 p. - The Representation of Self Injury and Suicide on Emo Social Networking Groups
Zdanow, C. & Wright, B., 2012, In: African Sociological Review/Revue Africaine de Sociologie. 16, 2, p. 81-101 21 p.
