| DatesAndPlaces | Bournemouth University, 1993-1997
Adjunct Professor, Michigan State University, 1989
Independent Television Commission, 1973-1992
Makerere University, Uganda, 1970-1973
Bristol University, 1968-1970
King's College, Cambridge, Research Centre, 1966-1968
Edinburgh and Ibadan Universities, jointly, 1964-1966
National Association for Mental Health, 1961-1964 |
| Activity | Date of Birth: 27/04/1936
University and Professional Training:
Cambridge University, BA Natural Sciences, 1954-1957
Birkbeck College, London , MSc Occupational Psychology, 1958-1960
Birkbeck College, London , PhD Psychology, 1961-1967
Professional career:
Principal Lecturer, Department of Media Production, Bournemouth University, 1993-1997
Adjunct Professor, Michigan State University, 1989
Deputy Head of Research, Independent Television Commission, 1973-1992
Lecturer, Social Psychology; Makerere University, Uganda, 1970-1973
Supervisor, Cross Cultural Graduate Studies Unit, Psychology Department, Bristol University, 1968-1970
Research Officer, King's College, Cambridge, Research Centre, 1966-1968
Research Fellow, Edinburgh and Ibadan Universities, jointly, 1964-1966
Research Officer, National Association for Mental Health, 1961-1964
Honours and Awards:
Fellow British Psychological Society (nd)
Chartered member British Psychological Society (nd)
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (nd)
Sources: J M Wober's CV.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre.
Wober dated Sylvia Plath in the 1950s before she met Ted Hughes there is corespondence between them (c. 30 letters) held at King's College, Cambridge. |
| PublishedWorks | Selected Publications:
Books
English Girls' Boarding Schools, London: Allen Lane, 1971
Psychology in Africa, London: International African Institute, 1976
Television Coverage of the 1983 General Election, Aldershot: Gower, 1986 (with B.Gunter and M.Svennevig)
Television and Social Control, Farnborough: Gower, 1986 (with B.Gunter)
Violence on Television: What the Viewers Think, London: Libbey, 1988 (with B.Gunter)
The Use and Abuse of Television. A Social Psychological Analysis of the Changing Screen, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1988
Television and Nuclear Power: Making the Public Mind, Norwood, New Jersey: Ablex, 1992
The Reactive Viewer, London: Libbey for the ITC 1992 (with B.Gunter)
Media and Monarchy, Huntingdon, NY: Nova Science, 2000
Monographs
(in the nom de plume of W.Cordelian)
Television and Children: Towards the Millenium, Communication Research Trends, Vol.10 (1990), No 3.
Television Reporting of the Gulf War, Communication Research Trends, Vol.12 (1992), No.2
Articles
Recognition of Pictures of Animals in Unusual Settings: Nigerian Field, 1966
Sensotypes, Journal of Social Psychology,1966, 70,181-189
Styles of Home Life, and Personality among Nigerian Workers, Transactions of the Bartlett Society, 1966, 7,5,81-100
Notes on Administering Psychological Tests in Africa, Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 1967, 20, 25-34
Adapting Dawson's Traditional versus Western Attitudes Scale and Presenting, Some New Information from Africa, British Journal of Social Psychology, 1971, 10,101-113
On Cross Cultural Psychology, Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 1972, 25, 203-205
Psychologists and the Intrusion of Broadcast 'Prygrammes' on Personal Privacy, Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 1978, 28, 172-175
Close Encounters of a Broadcast Kind: A New Field for Psychological research, Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 1978, 31, 381-385
Psychology in the Future of Broadcasting Research, Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 1981, 34, 409-412
Screen Violence: A Psychologist's View, The Psychologist, Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, 1989, 4, 162-165
Shaping the BBC's Future, Admap, 1996, March 11-12
English-as she aint spoken, British Journalism Review, 1997,8 (2), 64-67
Psychology and the Study of Africa, in Miller, J.C. (Ed) New Encyclopaedia of Africa, 2nd Edition Cengage Learing, 2006 |