The Media Ecology Association (MEA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the study, research, criticism, and application of media ecology in educational, industry, political, civic, social, cultural, and artistic contexts, and the open exchange of ideas, information, and research among the Association’s members and the larger community.
April 22-April 26, 2009
Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Defining Moments: A Century of Communication"
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The Media and Communications Program at The University of Melbourne, Australia and the International Communication Association (ICA) invite paper submissions for the international conference:
Date: July 16 -17, 2009
Venue: The University of Melbourne, Australia
A Media Ecology Introductory Reading List
The Media Ecology Introductory Reading List is a guide to basic readings in this field. The list is integrated by 33 books that are more or less fully in the tradition of media ecology.
For those already familiar with some of the scholars who share the media ecology perspective, this list may provide suggestions for further reading, as well as conveying a sense of the breadth of the field.
The list includes the following authors: Marshall McLuhan, Harold Innis, Walter Ong, Neil Postman, Lewis Mumford, Jacques Ellul, Elizabeth Eisenstein, Erick Havelock, Edmund Carpenter, Jack Goody, Denise Schmandt-Besserat, Robert K. Logan, Joshua Meyrowitz, James W. Carey, Walter Benjamin, Daniel J. Boorstin, Susan Sontag, Gary Gumpert, Camille Paglia, Tony Schwartz, Regis Debray, David L. Altheide, Jay David Bolter, Paul Levinson, Christine Nystrom.
About this video: Dr. Neil Postman is talking about Media Ecology in the 5th Anniversary of the Media Ecology Association. This event was held on September 4, 2003 at Fordham University.
Rising Voices: 2008 in Review Global Voices Online -Cambridge,MA,USA
As the number of Rising Voices citizen media outreach projects grew from ten to 16 ... and experience to become an active part of this new media ecology. ...
Media Ecologists in Second Life SLCN.TV
Paul Levinson, Eric McLuhan and Robert K. Logan were talking about Media Ecology in Second Life with Kenny Hubble (Ken Hudson)...
Telegraph.co.uk -
Last week demonstrated the way in which the media ecology is changing. TV has stood aloof from this competitive inter-media business, believing that it did ...
Awareness Times -
A recent review of the media ecology in Sierra Leone, I am inclined to conclude that, just like the United Kingdom, the United States and the Gambia, ...
Media studies prof moves on Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
"I really liked McLuhan's idea of media extending the senses," he said. "My field became media ecology, the impact of media on culture. ...
Membership in the Media Ecology Association is open to anyone – faculty, students, business people, professionals – interested in exploring the interactions between communications, media, and culture.
MEA members receive In Medias Res, our newsletter, twice a year. Keep up with the latest MEA activities and keep us up-to-date about you. Send personal news, information of interest to media ecologists, ideas for short articles, and especially ideas for book reviews, to the newsletter editor:
Stephanie Bennett
Phone: (561) 803-2617
E-mail: stephanie_bennett@pba.edu
Office: Gregory Hall 457
School: Communication and Media
Campus: West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Atlantic University.
MEA Mailing List
Serving as one of the MEA’s main channels of communication, our electronic mailing list provides a space for reasoned, informed, and civil discussion about communication, media, and culture among persons interested in themes and subjects relevant to the field of media ecology. Subscribers use this list to share views, exchange information, and learn about events, activities, and news related to media ecology.
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