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David
Gauntlett is Professor of Media and Communications at the
School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster. |
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Co-director
of the Communications and Media Research Institute (CAMRI),
ranked #1 in the UK
for media research in RAE 2008. |
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More
info on interests and activities in the short
biography. |
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Email:
d.gauntlett@wmin.ac.uk |
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You
can follow me on Twitter. |
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View
complete list of publications,
and citations profile at Google Scholar. |
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Mar
2013: New video: Extract from interview for the LEGO Learning Institute, on creativity, systems and learning. |
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Jan
2013: Proud to be on the Academic Steering and Advocacy Committee of the newly-launched open-access project, Open Library of Humanities. |
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Jan
2013: Teaching Creativity and working on various things. |
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Dec
2013: New video: Disruptive innovation and online creativity, covering Minecraft, Pinterest, MOOCs and more. |
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Nov
2012: Interview (video) recorded in the Netherlands about creativity and making. |
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Nov
2012: New video on the role of art and design in innovation. |
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November
2012: Several
new posts on AHRC Digital Transformations project blog. |
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October
2012: Final report from AHRC Digital Transformations project. |
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September
2012: Q&A video for Crafts Council conference. |
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May
2012: Video on public engagement for QUT. |
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May
2012: Blog post: A tale of two books. |
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May
2012: Blog post on Open access - and a whole new way of doing things. |
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April
2012: Blog post: Building
platforms for creativity: Eight principles. |
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Feb
2012: Blog post: Using
Twitter in university learning. |
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Feb
2012: Blog post: Social
media optimism vs pessimism. |
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Feb
2012: New
AHRC Digital Transformations project and blog looking at
how creative and cultural organisations embrace the creativity
of their users. |
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Jan
2012: New
video presenting key ideas from Making is Connecting in 4 minutes. |
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Clay
Shirky on Making is Connecting: "Gauntlett offers
a terrific account of how creativity, craft, and community intersect
in the 21st century." |
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Media
Studies 2.0, and Other Battles around the Future of Media Research
published as a short Kindle book, Aug 2011 |
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New
introduction to Media Studies 2.0 online article. |
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Blog
posts (occasionally) at Westminster
Media Comment. |
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There's also a Theory.org.uk Facebook
group with over 3,000 members. |
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Now
online: Creativity, participation
and connectedness: An interview with David Gauntlett, from
the book Mashup Cultures (2010). |
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Lego
collaboration: Social research project in which participants
build metaphorical models in Lego. |
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Article
in Times
Higher Education on role of arts & humanities academics,
innovation and communication. |
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At
Reboot Britain in London, 6 July, we invited people to build
their ideas for a better society, in Lego, with great results.
See photo gallery
and video. |
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Transforming
Audiences: Major international conference, 2007, 2009, 2011,
2013 |
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Participation
Culture, Creativity, and Social Change - videos of the key
points from inaugural lecture. |
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Drawing a Day: Discontinued project with 728 drawings. |
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Video:
Building models of learning in Lego (2008). |
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Theory.org.uk
updated with articles on Web 2.0,
Wikipedia, and top
tips for media students (2008). |
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Online
discussion and Visual
Studies interview about visual methods. |
Email:
d.gauntlett@wmin.ac.uk
... but if you are a non-Westminster student with questions, please
see the page for students first - it
may answer your questions already!
Address:
David Gauntlett, School of Media, Arts and Design, University of
Westminster, Northwick Park, Harrow HA1 3TP, UK
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Some videos explaining my work and projects. For more, see the full list.
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Theory.org.uk
- the award-winning website on media and identities |
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Artlab.org.uk:
new art-centred approaches to media / identity |
Also . . .
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My
key interests are summarised in the
Make and Connect Agenda. |
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Studies
where everyday people are invited to make things or media products, giving
some insights into their relationship with media culture (see
ArtLab). |
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Creative
study of the ways in which individuals use media products in
the construction of their own narratives of the self, and self-identity
(again, see ArtLab). |
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Digital media being used by everyday people -- Web 2.0. |
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Work
linking qualitative research on audiences with contemporary
critical approaches. |
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Research
which tries to get to grips with the 'power' of the media on
the one hand, and the agency of audiences on the other ... but
not 'media effects' (see why). |
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