David Gauntlett
When you’re revising for the media A2, David Gauntlett could possibly be one of the most useful names you could know. Being a Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Westminster, and having written countless books on all things media, David has the knowledge to help you pass this exam.
You can find all of David’s work on his website www.Theory.org.uk/david , a site he has been using to share his knowledge with students and anyone interested for 13 years. However around 3 years ago, he realised the growing success of the website YouTube and decided that videos could be a new and interesting way to reach even more people. Often, media studies students, like my self are far more visual learners and find little benefit from text books. David’s videos eliminate that barrier and make it far easier to absorb all of the information.
On David’s YouTube page http://www.youtube.com/user/davidgauntlett01 you can see all of the educational videos he has made, amongst them is the video Media and Everyday Life, an extremely useful revision tool in it’s self. Despite being 7 minutes long, the video is incredibly descriptive and covers a whole range of points. Points like an easily broken down description of the difference between web 1.0 and 2.0, the progression of the internet and how key time used to be for media but is no longer an issue.
When you’re revising for the media A2, David Gauntlett could possibly be one of the most useful names you could know. Being a Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Westminster, and having written countless books on all things media, David has the knowledge to help you pass this exam.
You can find all of David’s work on his website www.Theory.org.uk/david , a site he has been using to share his knowledge with students and anyone interested for 13 years. However around 3 years ago, he realised the growing success of the website YouTube and decided that videos could be a new and interesting way to reach even more people. Often, media studies students, like my self are far more visual learners and find little benefit from text books. David’s videos eliminate that barrier and make it far easier to absorb all of the information.
On David’s YouTube page http://www.youtube.com/user/davidgauntlett01 you can see all of the educational videos he has made, amongst them is the video Media and Everyday Life, an extremely useful revision tool in it’s self. Despite being 7 minutes long, the video is incredibly descriptive and covers a whole range of points. Points like an easily broken down description of the difference between web 1.0 and 2.0, the progression of the internet and how key time used to be for media but is no longer an issue.
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This is 1/2 of the 2 Mini articles Pete suggested i split my previous article into, it is short, to the point and contains more direct info for students.
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