With the aim of fostering an academic tradition begun with the New York, St. Louis, and Toronto schools of media ecology, the Tecnológico de Monterrey *, Campus Estado de México invites your participation, as presenters or attendants, in the Eighth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association, to be celebrated in Mexico City from June 6-10, 2007.

The convention coordinators and organizing committee invite the submission of papers, roundtable and panel discussions, workshops, films, multimedia presentations, performances, and any other proposals relating to all aspects of the media ecology tradition founded by McLuhan, Mumford, Ong, Postman, and others.

Completed papers are eligible for the Top Paper Award and Linda Elson Scholar Award for Top Student Paper. Please indicate your interest in competing for either award on a separate title page with full contact information, making sure to remove all identifying information from the text pages. Competitive papers should be formatted in accordance with the fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

As Neil Postman asserted, a new technology does not merely add something to a culture; it transforms everything. The transformation is ecological and the consequences of the change are always fast, often unpredictable, and largely irreversible. And, as Marshall McLuhan reminded us, the technology reshapes and restructures patterns of social interdependence along with every aspect of our personal lives.

Join us to continue this dialogue about "Technology and Transformation," and its impact on society, from the media ecology perspective.

Please send all inquiries and electronic copies of papers to the convention coordinators:

 

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