David Gauntlett’s reading, was to me, eye opening and inspirational. The reading in my opinion was eye opening because I am beginning to view media in a different way, as I used to believe media was less about creating and more about viewing what was published in the newspaper or broadcasted on the television. This reading enabled me to reflect upon the idea that media is a lot more broader than being a passive audience member, trying to take media in, it is about creating our own media to showcase our own beliefs and what is important to us.

David Gauntlett’s idea that media is the ‘trigger for experience’ was very accurate in my opinion, as media can be created from any inspiration be little or small. And once we are inspired, we begin to feel the urge to create inspiring media, to give someone else the same effect. To beable to learn about media we shouldn’t be learning about media, we should be learning with media, as David Gauntlette suggests, again this seems true as media creators will learn how to truly make and create media by getting their hands dirty, not by watching someone else make media from a distance.

This reading will inspire me this week as I create my Project Brief 2 media, in order to learn more about media itself.