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David Gauntlett (born 15 March 1971) is a British sociologist and media theorist, and the author of several books including Making is Connecting.. His earlier work concerned contemporary media audiences, and has moved towards a focus on the everyday making and sharing of digital media and social media and the role of these activities in self-identity and building creative cultures.
British media sociologist, David Gauntlett asserts Madonna's image as a sexual free spirit has been "emphatically defined". [43] Aware of other precursors, by 2002, Australian professor Jeff Lewis commented "more than any other single female figure, [she] has self-consciously 'explored' and displayed women's sexuality". [44]
Media theorist David Gauntlett argues that "interpellation occurs when a person connects with a media text: when we enjoy a magazine or TV show, for example, this uncritical consumption means that the text has interpellated us into a certain set of assumptions, and caused us to tacitly accept a particular approach to the world." [11]
Hawley dispels the notion of masculinity promoted by the 1999 film Fight Club and social media personality Andrew Tate. He vehemently opposes pornography and likens it to cheap sex. He blames porn consumption, or "usage", [fn 6] as the cause for many problems facing men, and suggests it is an extreme form of consumerism. Hawley says for men to ...
According to David Rosen, the traditional view of scholars (such as J. R. R. Tolkien) that Beowulf is a tale of medieval heroism overlooks the similarities between Beowulf and the monster Grendel. The masculinity exemplified by Beowulf "cut[s] men off from women, other men, passion and the household". [32]
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[36] Finally, Butler aims to break the supposed links between sex and gender so that gender and desire can be "flexible, free floating and not caused by other stable factors" (David Gauntlett). [37] The idea of identity as free and flexible and gender as performative, not an essence, has become one of the foundations of queer theory. [38] [39]
British media scholar David Gauntlett is of the opinion that Madonna boosted feminism in music; in his explanation, he argued that feminist message were not often a key to success in the mainstream pop charts before Madonna, although there were many exceptions (like Janis Joplin or Aretha Franklin) but without a specific "feminist agenda" like ...