Editing David Gauntlett (section)

==Career==
Gauntlett graduated from the [[University of York]] in Sociology in 1992.<ref>{{cite journal
| title       = Recent Publications
| journal     = Grapevine
| issue       = Autumn/Winter 1997
| pages       = 23
| publisher   = Alumni Office, [[University of York]]
}}</ref> He completed an MA in Women's Studies at Lancaster University, then took his PhD. Afterwards, he taught at the [[University of Leeds]] from 1993 to 2002. Subsequently, he was appointed Professor of Media and Audiences at [[Bournemouth University]]. In 2006 he joined the School of Media, Arts and Design at [[University of Westminster]] as Professor of Media and Communications, becoming co-director of the Communications and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), from 2010 to 2015. From 2015 to 2017 he was Professor of Creativity and Design, and the Director of Research for Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design.

In 2018, he took up a role as a [[Canada Research Chair]] in the Faculty of Communication and Design at [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]], Toronto.

Gauntlett's critique of media 'effects' studies sparked controversy in 1995,<ref name="dg3">David Gauntlett (1995), [http://www.theory.org.uk/david/book1.htm Moving Experiences: Understanding Television's Influences and Effects], London: John Libbey</ref><ref name="dg4">David Gauntlett (2005), [http://www.theory.org.uk/david/book7.htm Moving Experiences, second edition: Media Effects and Beyond], London: John Libbey</ref> and since then he has published a number of books and research on the role of popular media in people's lives.<ref name="Guardian">Will Woodward (1999), [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/apr/30/willwoodward 'Viewers admit their guilt at watching too much TV'], ''The Guardian'' newspaper, Friday 30 April 1999</ref><ref name="dg7">David Gauntlett and Annette Hill (1999), [http://www.theory.org.uk/david/book3.htm TV Living: Television, Culture and Everyday Life], London: Routledge</ref><ref name="Hero">Charlie Peverett (2002), [http://www.hero.ac.uk/uk/studying/archives/2002/we_are_pop_pix2906.cfm Review of 'Media, Gender and Identity'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812095050/http://www.hero.ac.uk/uk/studying/archives/2002/we_are_pop_pix2906.cfm |date=12 August 2008 }}, HERO: The official online gateway to Higher Education, 2002</ref><ref name="Ahrc-case">[http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/awards/casestudies/online_immersive_worlds.asp AHRC Case Studies: Young People's Engagement with Online Immersive Worlds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609235229/http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/awards/casestudies/online_immersive_worlds.asp |date=9 June 2008 }}, Arts and Humanities Research Council, May 2008</ref><ref name="Times">Dan Sabbagh (2008), [https://archive.today/20080705045257/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article3980584.ece 'Viewers Boys and girls stay in to play on BBC's virtual island Adventure Rock'], ''The Times'' newspaper, 22 May 2008</ref> In particular he has focused on the way in which digital media is changing the experience of media in general.<ref name="JMD">Julian McDougall (2007), 'Creative Transformations: What to do with "Media 2.0"?', [http://www.itpmag.demon.co.uk/Magazinepages/itp58.html In The Picture – The Media Education Magazine]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Issue 58, November 2007</ref><ref name="THE4">David Gauntlett (2000), [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=195164 'A double dose of digital drivel'], ''The Times Higher Education Supplement'', 22 September 2000</ref><ref name="dg1">David Gauntlett, ed (2000), [http://www.newmediastudies.com Web.Studies: Rewiring Media Studies For The Digital Age], London: Arnold</ref><ref name="dg2">David Gauntlett and Ross Horsley, eds (2004), [http://www.newmediastudies.com Web.Studies: Second edition], London: Arnold</ref>

In 2007, he was shortlisted for the 'Young Academic Author of the Year' award in the Times Higher awards.<ref name="TH">Times Higher Education Supplement, [http://www.thes.co.uk/Awards/2007/ Awards Shortlist] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105234303/http://www.thes.co.uk/Awards/2007/ |date=5 November 2007 }}, September 2007.</ref>

In the 2008 book, ''Reading Media Theory'', Barlow & Mills state: "David Gauntlett is a prominent, public academic, who has spent his career engaging in research activities which have deliberately involved the public, and have crossed the traditional divide between the academic community and the outside world."<ref name="barlow">David M. Barlow and Brett Mills (2008), ''Reading Media Theory: Thinkers, Approaches, Contexts'', London: Pearson Education, p.422.</ref>