Publications

Neil Thurman - Publications

Books/reports

  1. Thurman, N., Henkel, I., Thäsler-Kordonouri, S. & Fletcher, R. [Eds.] (2025)
    UK Journalists in the 2020s: Who they are, how they work, and what they think
    Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
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  2. Thurman, N., Lewis, S., & Kunert, J. [Eds.] (2021)
    Algorithms, Automation, and News: New Directions in the Study of Computation and Journalism
    London: Routledge
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  3. Thurman, N. & Aquilina, J. (2020)
    BBC Three's reinvention online: Effects on viewing and content
    London: Enders Analysis
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  4. Thurman, N. (2018)
    Time Spent Reading News-Brands: Print–Digital Performance, Online-Only Effects, and Long-Term Trends 
    Frankfurt: World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
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  5. Thurman, N., Kunert, J., & Cornia, A. (2016)
    Journalists in the UK.
    Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
    Open Access Version

Journal Articles

  1. Xu, Z., Thurman, N., Berhami, J., Strasser Ceballos, C., & Fehling, O. (2025)
    Converting online news visitors to subscribers: Exploring the effectiveness of paywall strategies using behavioural data
    Journalism Studies
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  2. Thäsler-Kordonouri, S., Thurman, N., Schwertberger, U., & Stalph, F. (2024)
    Too many numbers and worse word choice: Why readers find data-driven news articles produced with automation harder to understand
    Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism
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  3. Thurman, N., Stares, S., & Koliska, M. (2024)
    Audience Evaluations of News Videos Made with Various Levels of Automation: A Population-based Survey Experiment
    Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism
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  4. Wilczek, B., Haim, M., & Thurman, N. (2024)
    Transforming the value chain of local journalism with artificial intelligence
    AI Magazine    , 45(2): 200–211.
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  5. Stalph, F., Thurman, N., & Thaesler-Kordonouri, S. (2024)
    Exploring audience perceptions of, and preferences for, data-driven “quantitative” journalism
    Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 25(7): 1460–1480.
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  6. Thurman, N., Klatt, A., Raj, H., & Taneja, H. (2024)
    Predicting streaming audiences for a channel’s on-demand TV shows: Discerning the influences of choice architecture, consumer agency, and content attributes
    Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 30(3): 1254–1270.
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  7. Wilczek, B., Schulte-Uentrop, I., & Thurman, N. (2023)
    Subscribe Now: On the Effectiveness of Advertising Messages in Promoting Newspapers’ Online Subscriptions
    International Journal of Communication (IJoC),17: 3782–3798.
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  8. Kling, J., Toepfl, F., Thurman, N., & Fletcher, R. (2022)
    Mapping the website and mobile app audiences of Russia’s foreign communication outlets, RT and Sputnik, across 21 countries
    HKS Misinformation Review
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  9. Thurman, N., Sly, J., Wilczek, B., & Fletcher, R. (2022)
    Forbidden fruit or soured grapes? The long-term effects of temporary unavailability and rationing on transnational website consumption
    International Communication Gazette, 84(7–8): 698–720
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  10. Thurman, N., Nalmpatian, A., & Obster, F. (2022)
    Lessons from France on the Regulation of Internet Pornography: How Displacement Effects, Circumvention, and Legislative Scope May Limit the Efficacy of Article 23
    Policy & Internet, 14(3): 690–710.
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  11. Wilczek, B. & Thurman, N. (2022)
    Contagious accuracy norm violation in political journalism: A cross-national investigation of how news media publish inaccurate political information
    Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 23(11): 2271–2288.
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  12. Koliska, M., Thurman, N., Stares, S., &  Kunert, J. (2021)
    Exploring audience perceptions of, and preferences for, online news videos
    Journalism Studies, 22(9): 1161–1180.
    Open access version Published version
  13. Thurman, N. & Obster, F. (2021)
    The regulation of internet pornography: What a survey of under-18s tells us about the necessity for and potential efficacy of emerging legislative approaches
    Policy & Internet, 13(3): 415–432
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  14. Thurman, N. (2021)
    When a TV channel reinvents itself online: Post-broadcast consumption and content change at BBC Three
    Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 27(2): 291–312.
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  15. Thurman, N., Hensmann, T., & Fletcher, R. (2021)
    Large, Loyal, Lingering? An Analysis of Online Overseas Audiences for UK News Brands
    Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 22(8): 1892–1911.
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  16. Henkel, I., Thurman, N., Moeller, J., & Trilling, D. (2020)
    Do Online, Offline, and Multiplatform Journalists Differ in their Professional Principles and Practices? Findings from a Multinational Study
    Journalism Studies, 21(10): 1363–1383.
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  17. Fletcher, R., Schifferes, S., & Thurman, N. (2020)
    Building the ‘Truthmeter’: Training Algorithms to Help Journalists Assess the Credibility of Social Media Sources.
    Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 26(1): 19–34.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  18. Thurman, N. & Fletcher, R. (2020)
    Effects of a Magazine’s Move to Online-only: Post-print Audience Attention and Readership Retention Revisited
    Journalism Practice, 14(10): 1225–1243.
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  19. Thurman, N., Lewis, S., & Kunert, J. (2019)
    Algorithms, Automation and News
    Digital Journalism, 7(8): 980–992.
    Open access version Published version
  20. Ceron, A., Splendore, S., Hanitzsch, T., & Thurman, N. (2019)
    Journalists and Editors: Political Proximity as Determinant of Career and Autonomy
    The International Journal of Press/Politics, 24(4): 487–507.
    Published version
  21. Henkel, I., Thurman, N., & Deffner, V. (2019)
    Comparing Journalism Cultures in Britain and Germany: Confrontation, Contextualization, Conformity
    Journalism Studies, 20(14): 1995–2013.
    Open access version Published version
  22. Kunert, J., & Thurman, N. (2019)
    The Form of Content Personalisation at Mainstream, Transatlantic News Outlets: 2010–2016
    Journalism Practice, 13(7): 759–780.
    Published version
  23. Thurman, N., Moeller, J., Helberger, N., & Trilling, D. (2019)
    My Friends, Editors, Algorithms, and I: Examining Audience Attitudes to News Selection
    Digital Journalism, 7(4): 447–469.
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  24. Thurman, N. & Fletcher, R. (2018)
    Are Newspapers Heading Towards Post-Print Obscurity? A Case Study of The Independent’s Transition to Online-only
    Digital Journalism, 6(8): 1003–1017.
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  25. Thurman, N. & Fletcher, R. (2018)
    Save Money, Lose Impact
    British Journalism Review, 29(3): 31–36.
    Open access version Published version
  26. Thurman, N. & Fletcher, R. (2017)
    Has Digital Distribution Rejuvenated Readership? Revisiting the Age Demographics of Newspaper Consumption
    Journalism Studies, 20(4): 542–562.
    Open Access Version
  27. Thurman, N. (2017)
    Social Media, Surveillance, and News Work: On the Apps Promising Journalists a "Crystal Ball"
    Digital Journalism, 6(1): 76–97.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  28. Thurman, N. (2017)
    What's a Reader Actually Worth?
    British Journalism Review, 28(2): 37–41.
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  29. Thurman, N., Doerr, K., & Kunert, J. (2017)
    When Reporters Get Hands-On with Robo-writing: Professionals Consider Automated Journalism’s Capabilities and Consequences.
    Digital Journalism, 5(10): 1240–1259.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  30. Thurman, N. (2017)
    Newspaper Consumption in the Mobile Age: Reassessing Multi-Platform Performance and Market Share Using ‘Time-Spent’.
    Journalism Studies, 19(10): 1409–1429.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  31. Thurman, N., Schifferes, S., Fletcher, R., Hunt, S., Schapals, A.K., & Newman, N. (2016)
    Giving Computers a Nose for News: Exploring the Limits of Story Detection and Verification.
    Digital Journalism, 4(7): 838–848.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  32. Thurman, N. & Newman, N. (2014)
    The Future of Breaking News Online? A Study of Live Blogs through Surveys of their Consumption, and of Readers' Attitudes and Participation.
    Journalism Studies, 15(5): 655–667.
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  33. Schifferes, S., Newman, N., Thurman, N., Corney, D., Goker, A., & Martin, C. (2014)
    Identifying and Verifying News through Social Media: Developing a User-centred Tool for Professional Journalists.
    Digital Journalism, 2(3): 406–418.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  34. Thurman, N. (2014)
    Newspaper Consumption in the Digital Age: Measuring Multi-channel Audience Attention and Brand Popularity.
    Digital Journalism, 2(2): 156–178.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  35. Thurman, N. & Walters, A. (2013)
    Live Blogging—Digital Journalism’s Pivotal Platform? A Case Study of the Production, Consumption, and Form of Live Blogs at Guardian.co.uk.
    Digital Journalism, 1(1): 82–101.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  36. Thurman, N., Pascal, J-C., & Bradshaw, P. (2012)
    Can Big Media do ‘Big Society’? A Critical Case Study of Commercial, Convergent Hyperlocal News.
    International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 8(2–3): 269–285.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  37. Thurman, N. & Schifferes, S. (2012)
    The Future of Personalization at News Websites: Lessons from a Longitudinal Study.
    Journalism Studies, 13(5): 775–790.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  38. Thurman, N. (2011)
    Making ‘The Daily Me’: Technology, Economics and Habit in the Mainstream Assimilation of Personalized News.
    Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 12(4): 395–415.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  39. Thurman, N. & Myllylahti, M. (2009)
    Taking the Paper out of News: A Case Study of Taloussanomat, Europe’s First Online-only Newspaper.
    Journalism Studies, 10(5): 691–708.
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  40. Thurman, N. & Lupton, B. (2008)
    Convergence Calls: Multimedia Storytelling at British News Websites.
    Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 14(4): 439–455.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  41. Thurman, N. (2008)
    Forums for Citizen Journalists? Adoption of User Generated Content Initiatives by Online News Media.
    New Media & Society, 10(1): 139–157.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  42. Hermida, A. & Thurman, N. (2008)
    A Clash of Cultures: The Integration of User-generated Content within Professional Journalistic Frameworks at British Newspaper Websites.
    Journalism Practice, 2(3): 343–356.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  43. Herbert, J. & Thurman, N. (2007)
    Paid Content Strategies for News Websites: An Empirical Study of British Newspapers’ Online Business Models.
    Journalism Practice, 1(2): 208–226.
    Open Access Version Published Version
  44. Thurman, N. (2007)
    The Globalization of Journalism Online: A Transatlantic Study of News Websites and their International Readers.
    Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, 8(3): 285–307.
    Open Access Version Published Version

Book Chapters

  1. Thurman, N., Lewis, S., & Kunert, J. (2021)
    Algorithms, Automation and News
    in Neil Thurman, Seth Lewis and Jessica Kunert [Eds.] Algorithms, Automation, and News: New Directions in the Study of Computation and Journalism. London: Routledge.
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  2. Thurman, N. (2019)
    Personalization of News
    in Tim Vos and Folker Hanusch (Eds.) The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
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  3. Thurman, N. (2019)
    Computational Journalism
    in Karin Wahl-Jorgensen and Thomas Hanitzsch (Eds.) The Handbook of Journalism Studies, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
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  4. Thurman, N. (2018)
    Sensing, Synthesising, and Serving News in an Age of Automation
    in Dirk Messner, Lutz Meyer, and Stefan Mair (Eds.) Germany and the World 2030. Berlin: Econ.
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  5. Thurman, N. (2018)
    Veröffentlichung von Nachrichten im Zeitalter der Automatisierung
    in Dirk Messner, Lutz Meyer, and Stefan Mair (Eds.) Deutschland und die Welt 2030. Berlin: Econ.
  6. Thurman, N., Schifferes, S., Fletcher, R., Hunt, S., Schapals, A.K., & Newman, N. (2018)
    Giving Computers a Nose for News: Exploring the Limits of Story Detection and Verification
    in Stuart Allan, Cynthia Carter, Stephen Cushion, Lina Dencik, Inaki Garcia-Blanco, Janet Harris, Richard Sambrook, Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, & Andy Williams (Eds.) The Future of Journalism: Risks, Threats and Opportunities.(pp. 35–45). London: Routledge.
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  7. Thurman, N., Picard, R.G., Myllylahti, M., & Krumsvik, A.H. (2018)
    On Digital Distribution’s Failure to Solve Newspapers’ Existential Crisis: Symptoms, Causes, Consequences and Remedies
    in Scott A. Eldridge II and Bob Franklin (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Developments in Digital Journalism Studies. London: Routledge.
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  8. Thurman, N. (2018)
    Mixed Methods Communication Research: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in the Study of Online Journalism. SAGE Research Methods Cases.
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  9. Thurman, N. & Schapals, A.K. (2016)
    Live Blogs, Sources and Objectivity: The Contradictions of Real-Time Online Reporting
    in Bob Franklin and Scott A. Eldridge II (Eds.) Companion to Digital Journalism Studies, (pp. 283–292). London: Routledge.
    Open Access Version
  10. Thurman, N. & Newman, N. (2016)
    The Future of Breaking News Online? A Study of Live Blogs through Surveys of their Consumption, and of Readers' Attitudes and Participation
    in Bob Franklin (Ed.) The Future of Journalism: In an Age of Digital Media and Economic Uncertainty, (pp. 212–223). London: Routledge.
    Open Access Version
  11. Schifferes, S., Newman, N., Thurman, N., Corney, D., Göker, A., & Martin, C. (2016)
    Identifying and Verifying News through Social Media: Developing a User-Centred Tool for Professional Journalists
    in Bob Franklin (Ed.) The Future of Journalism: In an Age of Digital Media and Economic Uncertainty, (pp. 325–336). London: Routledge.
    Open Access Version
  12. Thurman, N. (2015)
    Journalism, Gatekeeping, and Interactivity
    in Stephen Coleman and Deen Freelon (Eds.) A Handbook of Digital Politics, (pp. 357–374). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
    Open Access Version
  13. Thurman, N. (2015)
    Real-time Online Reporting: Best Practices for Live Blogging
    in Lawrie Zion and David A. Craig (Eds.) Ethics for Digital Journalists: Emerging Best Practices, (pp. 103–114). New York: Routledge.
    Open Access Version
  14. Thurman, N. & Rodgers, J. (2014)
    Citizen Journalism in Real Time: Live Blogging and Crisis Events
    in Stuart Allen and Einar Thorsten (Eds.) Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives Vol. II, (pp. 81–95). New York: Peter Lang.
    Open Access Version
  15. Thurman, N. and Schifferes, S. (2013)
    The Future of Personalisation at News Websites: Lessons from a Longitudinal Study
    in Bob Franklin (Ed.) The Future of Journalism: Developments and Debates, (pp. 198–213). London: Routledge.
    Open Access Version
  16. Thurman, N. (2013)
    How Live Blogs are Reconfiguring Breaking News
    in Davy Levy and Nic Newman (Eds.) Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2013, (pp. 85–88). Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
    Open Access Version
  17. Thurman, N. & Schifferes, S. (2012)
    The Paradox of Personalization: The Social and Reflexive Turn of Adaptive News
    in Eugenia Siapera and Andreas Veglis (Eds.) The Handbook of Global Online Journalism, (pp. 373–392). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
  18. Thurman, N. & Hermida, A. (2010)
    Gotcha: How Newsroom Norms Are Shaping Participatory Journalism Online
    in Sean Tunney and Garrett Monaghan (Eds.) Web Journalism: A New Form of Citizenship, (pp. 46–62). Eastbourne: Sussex Academic Press.
    Open Access Version
  19. Hermida, A. & Thurman, N. (2009)
    A Clash of Cultures: The Integration of User-Generated Content within Professional Journalistic Frameworks at British Newspaper Websites
    in Bob Franklin (Ed.) The Future of Newspapers, (pp. 219–232). London: Routledge.
    Open Access Version
  20. Thurman, N. (2005)
    From Blogrolls and Wikis to Big Business: Going Online
    in Richard Keeble (Ed.) Print Journalism: A Critical Introduction, (pp. 225–234). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
  21. Thurman, N. (2005)
    Journalism in a Non-Linear, Screen-Based Environment: Practical Online Skills
    in Richard Keeble (Ed.) Print Journalism: A Critical Introduction, (pp. 235–250). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
  22. Thurman, N. and Jones, S. (2005)
    From Nexus to Newslog: Online Journalism from the Grassroots
    in Richard Keeble (Ed.) Print Journalism: A Critical Introduction, (pp. 251–263). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Edited Volumes

  1. Special issue of Digital Journalism on ‘Algorithms, Automation, and News’ co-edited with Seth C. Lewis and Jessica Kunert. Read issue.

Working papers

  1. Thurman, N. & Hensmann, T. (2023)
    Social Media Monitoring Apps in News Work: A Mixed-Methods Study of Professional Practices and Journalists’ and Citizens’ Opinions
    SSRN
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Translations of Work

  1. Thurman, N. (2006)
    Журналістика із залученням читачів до дискусії у традиційних ЗМІ. Kiev, Ukraine: British Council.

Software

  1. Thurman, N., Hutchinson, P., Herbert, J., Elliott, P., & Koshelev, V. (2016) PHD Sleep Systems [Website]. Stalybridge: Peter Hutchinson Designs Ltd. Available from: http://www.phdesigns.co.uk/what-is-sleep-systems (winner of the 2016 TGO Magazine ‘Innovation of the Year’ award).
  2. Thurman, N., Elliott, P., Herbert, J., Koshelev, V., & Hutchinson, P. (2014) PHD Mountain Software [Website]. Stalybridge: Peter Hutchinson Designs Ltd. Available from: http://www.phdesigns.co.uk
  3. Kremer, B. & Thurman, N. (2013) Erasmus Mundus Journalism Master’s V.2 [Website]. London: City University London. Available from: http://www.mundusjournalism.com. No longer online.
  4. Richards, J., Hutchinson, P., Thurman, N., & Elliott, P. (2013) Design Your Own Sleeping Bag V.2 [Website]. Stalybridge: Peter Hutchinson Designs Ltd. Available from: http://www.design-your-own-sleeping-bag.com
  5. Billings, J., Hutchinson, P., Thurman, N., & Elliott, P. (2012) Design Your Own Down Jacket [Website]. Stalybridge: Peter Hutchinson Designs Ltd. No longer online.
  6. Edwards, A. & Thurman, N. (2010) Erasmus Mundus Journalism Master’s V.1 [Website]. London: City University London. No longer online.
  7. Thurman, N., Bardesley, L., & Hutchinson, P. (1999, 2003, 2009) PHD Mountain Software [Website]. Stalybridge: Peter Hutchinson Designs Ltd. No longer online.
  8. Naman, L., Hutchinson, P., & Thurman, N. (2008) Gear Adviser [Website]. Stalybridge: Peter Hutchinson Designs Ltd. Available from: http://www.gear-adviser.com
  9. Thurman, N. & Adderley, M. (2006) How to be a Dancing Fairy with Nadia Sawalha [DVD]. London: Dog Eat Dog Media.
  10. Richards, J., Hutchinson, P., & Thurman, N. (2004) Design Your Own Sleeping Bag V.1 [Website]. Stalybridge: Peter Hutchinson Designs Ltd. No longer online.
  11. Kremer, B., Thurman, N., & Hutchinson, P. (2003) PHD Mountain Software [German language website]. Stalybridge: Peter Hutchinson Designs Ltd. No longer online.
  12. Thurman, N. et al. (1998–2003) Department of Journalism [Website]. London: City University London. No longer online.
  13. Thurman, N. (1998) European Journalism Education Conference [Website]. London: City University London. No longer online.
  14. Thurman, N. et al. (1997) The Court and You [Interactive touch-screen point of information system]. Bedlington: Northumbria Magistrates Courts' Committee.
  15. Thurman, N. et al. (1996) How We Used to Live: Late Victorians [Multimedia CD-ROM]. Leeds: Yorkshire International Thomson Multimedia, ISBN 0-17-212018-7.
  16. Thurman, N. et al. (1996) Science Explorer [Multimedia CD-ROM]. Leeds: Yorkshire International Thomson Multimedia, ISBN 0-17-215009-4.
  17. Thurman, N. et al. (1995) The Marketing Mix [Multimedia CD-ROM]. Walton-on-Thames: Thomas Nelson and Sons, ISBN 0-17-230001-0.
  18. Thurman, N. et al. (1995) How We Used to Live: Early Victorians [Multimedia CD-ROM]. Leeds: Yorkshire International Thomson Multimedia, ISBN 0-17-212010-1.
  19. Thurman, N. et al. (1995) The Easynet Book CD-ROM Tutorial [Multimedia CD-ROM]. London: International Thomson Computer Press, ISBN 1-85032-252-X.
  20. Thurman, N. et al. (1994) The Physical World [Multimedia CD-ROM]. Walton-on-Thames: Thomas Nelson and Sons, ISBN 0-17-218032-5.
  21. Thurman, N. et al. (1994) The Environment Show [Interactive video installation]. London: Natural History Museum/Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
  22. Thurman, N. et al. (1994) The Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award Exhibition [Interactive video installation]. London: Science Museum/SMD.
  23. Thurman, N. et al. (1993) Environment Series 1: Water [Multimedia CD-ROM]. Leeds: Yorkshire International Television.