Dr Catherine Bannister

Books

• Bannister C (2022) Scouting and Guiding in Britain The Ritual Socialisation of Young People. Springer Nature.

Journal articles

• Scott F, Chesworth L, Bannister C, Kuria D, Roscoe S & Wang Y (2026) Reimagining the “well” (digitally) literate body: lessons from children's diverse (digital)‐literacies‐in‐the‐body with videogames at home. Reading Research Quarterly, 61(2). View this article in WRRO
• Scott F, Chesworth L, Kontovourki S, Murcia K, Murris K, Balnaves K, Bannister C, Christofi AM, Kuria D, Maditsi K , Menning SF et al (2025) ‘I just go headbutt a tree or something’: Children’s contextualised digital play drivers and subjective well-being in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia and Cyprus. New Media & Society. View this article in WRRO
• Olusoga Y, Bannister C & Bishop JC (2024) Infection or inflection? Reflecting on constructions of children and play through the prism of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global Studies of Childhood, 14(1), 26-41. View this article in WRRO
• Scott F, Marsh J, Murris K, Ng’ambi D, Thomsen BS, Bannister C, Bishop J, Dixon K, Giorza T, Hetherington A , Lawrence C et al (2023) An ecological perspective on children’s play with digital technologies in South Africa and the United Kingdom. International Journal of Play, 12(3), 349-374. View this article in WRRO
• Cowan K, Potter J, Olusoga Y, Bannister C, Bishop JC, Cannon M & Signorelli V (2021) Children’s digital play during the COVID-19 pandemic : insights from the play observatory. Je-LKS : Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, 17(3), 8-17. View this article in WRRO

Book chapters

• Bannister C, Bishop J & Somerset-Ward A (2025) Folklore, friendships and reciprocity: hearing the epistolary relationships in the multi-vocal archive of Iona and Peter Opie In Burn A, Potter J, Cowan K & Bishop J (Ed.), Playing the Archive: From the Opies to the digital playground. (pp. 31-62). London: UCL Press.
• Olusoga Y & Bannister C (2023) What’s behind the mask? Family, fandoms and playful caring around children’s masks during the Covid-19 pandemic In Beresin A & Bishop J (Ed.), Play in a Covid Frame: Everyday Pandemic Creativity in a Time of Isolation (pp. 395-426). Open Book Publishers View this article in WRRO
• Olusoga Y & Bannister C (2023) 18. What’s behind the Mask? Family, Fandoms and Playful Caring around Children’s Masks during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Play in a Covid Frame (pp. 395-426). Open Book Publishers
• Olusoga Y, Bannister C, Bishop J & Signorelli V (2022) Preserving the Present: Designing a Child-Centered Qualitative Survey for a National Observatory of Children’s Play SAGE Publications, Ltd.
• Bannister C (2014) ‘Like a Scout Does … Like a Guide Does …’: The Scout or Guide Camp’s Lessons of Identity, Informal Education, Childhood and Youth (pp. 36-47). Palgrave Macmillan UK

Reports

• Scott F, Chesworth L, Kontovourki S, Murcia K, Murris K, Balnaves K, Bannister C, Christofi AM, Kuria D, Maditsi K , Menning SF et al (2024) Children’s digital play and well-being. Research Report.

Digital content

• Bannister C Scary stories for kids: All About Ghosts is a non-fiction book that gave me all the knowledge to spot spectres.

Datasets

• Bishop J, Bannister C & Marsh J Children, Technology and Play – Family Case Studies Audio transcriptions.
• Bishop J, Bannister C & Marsh J Children, Technology and Play - Focus Groups Data.
• Bishop J, Marsh J & Bannister C Children, Technology and Play - Telephone Interviews Data.
• Bishop J, Bannister C & Marsh J Children, Technology and Play – Family Case Studies Images.

Presentations

• Bannister C & Olusoga Y (Mine)crafting Custom: collecting children's folklore in a digital age.. The British Academy, London.