In Making Media Studies, David Gauntlett turns media and communications studies on its head. He proposes a vision of media studies based around doing and making – not about the acquisition of skills, as such, but an experience of building knowledge and understanding through creative hands-on engagement with all kinds of media. Gauntlett suggests that media studies scholars have failed to recognise the significance of everyday creativity – the vital drive of people to make, exchange, and learn together, supported by online networks. He argues that we should think about media in terms of conversations, inspirations, and making things happen. Media studies can be about genuine social change, if we recognise the significance of everyday creativity, work to transform our tools, and learn to use them wisely. Making Media Studies is a lively, readable, and heartfelt manifesto from the author of Making is Connecting.
| ISBN: | 9781433123351 |
| Publication date: | 27th February 2015 |
| Author: | David Gauntlett |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 171 pages |
| Series: | Digital Formations |
| Genres: |
Speaking in public: advice and guides The arts: general topics Communication studies Regional / International studies Media studies Sociology and anthropology Electronics and communications engineering Information technology: general topics Internet guides and online services Computer networking and communications |