SECOND UPDATED EDITION WITH THREE ALLNEW CHAPTERS The first edition of Making is Connecting struck a chord with crafters YouTubers makers music producers artists and coders alike. David Gauntlett argues that through making things people engage with the world and create connections with each other. Online and offline we see that people want to make their mark and to make connections. This shift from a sitbackandbetold culture to a makinganddoing culture means that a vast array of people are exchanging their own ideas videos and other creative material online as well as engaging in realworld crafts music projects and handson experiences. Drawing on evidence from psychology politics philosophy and economics Gauntlett shows that this everyday creative engagement is necessary and essential for the happiness and survival of modern societies. This fully revised second edition includes many new sections as well as three brand new chapters on creative processes doityourself strategies and platforms for creativity.