[ecrea] New book: 'Making Media Studies' by David Gauntlett

MAKING MEDIA STUDIES: The Creativity Turn in Media and Communications 
Studies.
Published by Peter Lang, 2015.

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Blurb:

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 the acclaimed Making is Connecting.

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A two-minute video about it is here:
http://davidgauntlett.com/making-media-studies/making-media-studies-2-minute-intro-video/

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Reviews:

"Sitting down with David Gauntlett's Making Media Studies is like having 
a conversation with an erudite, yet still optimistic scholar. Gauntlett 
celebrates 'everyday makers' on digital platforms such as YouTube, 
giving readers the pragmatic and conceptual tools needed to understand 
the positive aspects of this ongoing cultural shift. The result is a 
deeply engaging antidote to more pessimistic stirrings."
- Matt Ratto, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information, University of 
Toronto

"What Gauntlett offers is a bold, imaginative - and occasionally 
provocative - view of what media studies might become. This is a lively 
contribution to thinking about media and communications."
- Shaun Moores, Professor, University of Sunderland

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David Gauntlett – http://www.davidgauntlett.com
Professor and Co-Director of the Communications and Media Research 
Institute,
Faculty of Media, Arts and Design,
University of Westminster
(d.gauntlett /at/ westminster.ac.uk)
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