My brain doesn’t respond to ideas that are vague, tautological and lacking in purpose. Unfortunately, this weeks readings by David Gauntlett were exactly that. And if you’re thinking “oh, he must be one of those people who have to ‘relate’ to everything in order to respond” – I’m not. I just believe the readings by Gauntlett didn’t reveal anything new or interesting.

To me, ideas such as “learn with media, rather than about” and “move forward, not back” are quite generic and ultimately meaningless. “Look at media as triggers for experience” – okay? Now what?

This is not an attack on Mr. Gauntlett; I’m sure these ideas are properly explored in his book. However, watching a video and reading a few articles as an exercise did nothing for me.

The Video: