Gauntlett, David
Professor of Media and Communications
Email: d.gauntlett@wmin.ac.uk
Biography
David Gauntlett was previously a Lecturer at the University of Leeds (1996-2002) and a Professor at Bournemouth University (2002-2006). His first book Moving Experiences (1995) sparked controversy throughout the British press for its rejection of media effects studies. Since then he has been developing studies which seek to enable a more sophisticated understanding of the place of media in peoples lives, taking a particular interest in peoples everyday creativity. This approach is represented, in different ways, in the books Video Critical (1997), TV Living (with Annette Hill, 1999), Web Studies (2000 and 2004), Media, Gender and Identity (2002 and 2008).
In particular Gauntlett has been developing new creative research methods, in which people are asked to make things (using, for example, video, drawing, collage, Lego) as a central part of an expressive research process. This work is covered in detail in Creative Explorations: New approaches to identities and audiences (2007).
In 2007 he was shortlisted for the Times Higher Award, 'Young Academic Author of the Year'.
He is Principal Investigator on the research project Young peoples creative understanding of their mediaworlds, awarded 188,365 from the AHRC Research Grants Scheme (Ref: AH/F009682/1). The project runs from 1 September 2008 to 31 August 2010.
He is also Principal Investigator (with Jeanette Steemers, Co-Investigator) on the research project Audience and producer engagement with immersive worlds, awarded 74,243 from the AHRC & BBC Pilot Knowledge Exchange Programme Scheme (Ref: AH/F006756/1), which runs from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.
Further information about research interests and current projects appears at:
Websites
Selected Publications
- Media, Gender and Identity: Second edition (Routledge, 2008).
- Creative Explorations: New approaches to identities and audiences (Routledge, 2007).
- Moving Experiences, Second edition: Media effects and beyond (John Libbey, 2005).
- Web.Studies, Second edition (edited with Ross Horsley, Arnold and Oxford University Press, 2004).
- Media, Gender and Identity: An Introduction (Routledge, 2002).
- Web.Studies: Rewiring Media Studies For The Digital Age (Arnold and Oxford University Press, 2000). Chinese translation published in the series 'Western Journalism and Communications Classics' by Xinhua Publishing (2003).
- TV Living: Television, Culture and Everyday Life (with Annette Hill, Routledge, 1999).
- Video Critical: Children, The Environment and Media Power (John Libbey, 1997).
- Moving Experiences: Understanding Television's Influences and Effects (John Libbey, 1995).
Teaching
David teaches on modules which include Social Theory and the Media, Media Consumption, and Understanding Broadcasting, as well as dissertation supervision.
PhD Supervision
David has supervised a number of PhD students on projects about media audiences and users.