The Second Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association Sponsored by the Department of Culture and Communication New York University June 15-16, 2001 Lipton Hall at the D'Agostino Residence NYU Law School Campus in Greenwich Village 108 West Third Street (between Sullivan & MacDougal Streets) New York, New York 10012 If you're interested in: - the nature, history, and impact of technology, media, and symbol systems; - the study of communication, consciousness, and culture; - technological determinism, media evolution, information theory and cybernetics; - the study of media codes, media literacy, and media education; - orality, literacy, secondary orality, and post-literacy; - oral, scribal, typographic, and electronic cultures; - the graphic revolution and image culture; - scholars such as Marshall McLuhan, Harold Innis, Walter Ong, Neil Postman, Lewis Mumford, Edmund Carpenter, Jacques Ellul, and Erving Goffman, then you won't want to miss this summer's hottest convention in the coolest part of New York City. Keynote speaker: Joshua Meyrowitz, author of the award-winning NO SENSE OF PLACE: THE IMPACT OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA ON SOCIAL BEHAVIOR (Oxford University Press, 1985), as well as dozens of articles about media and culture. Professor of Communication at the University of New Hampshire and a graduate of NYU's doctoral program in Media Ecology, Dr. Meyrowitz will speak about promises and challenges of media ecology research. Featured presentations by Camille Paglia and Douglas Rushkoff. Additional participants include Richard Barbrook, James Carey, Mark Dery, Susan Drucker, Ray Gozzi, Gary Gumpert, Robert Logan, John Pavlik, and Jay Rosen, among others. PRE-REGISTRATION INFORMATION Convention Fees The Convention is open to MEA members only. Non-members add membership fee to convention fee. $20 2001 Membership $30 Pre-Registration (before June 1, 2001*) $10 Student 2001 Membership (please include a photocopy of your full-time student identification card) $20 Student Pre-Registration (before June 1, 2001*) *Registration after June 1, 2001 and on-site will be $40 for members and $30 for student members. A printable version of the pre-registration form is available online at <http://www.media-ecology.org/events_conference2_.html#forms>, where you can also find the Convention schedule (updated periodically), as well as a list of hotels and hostels in Manhattan. Directions to the NYU campus are available at <http://www.nyu.edu/maps.nyu>. Mail completed pre-registration form and check or money order payable to Media Ecology Association to: Janet Sternberg, MEA Convention Coordinator Department of Culture and Communication New York University 239 Greene Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10003-6674 Questions? Email Janet Sternberg at: netberg@compuserve.com (preferred) janet.sternberg@nyu.edu (alternate) DEADLINE FOR PRE-REGISTRATION: Friday, June 1, 2001 ---------------------------- The Second Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association Sponsored by the Department of Culture and Communication New York University June 15-16, 2001 SCHEDULE AS OF 5/14/01 updates & details at <http://www.media-ecology.org> All sessions except Friday evening reception take place at: Lipton Hall at the D'Agostino Residence NYU Law School Campus in Greenwich Village 108 West Third Street (between Sullivan & MacDougal Streets) New York, NY 10012 FRIDAY MORNING 8:30 Registration Opens 9:00 - 9:30 Introduction and Greetings Janet Sternberg - New York University Terence P. Moran - New York University Lance Strate - Fordham University 9:30 - 10:45 Session 1 - Panel [Politics] Moderator - [TBA] The National Information Infrastructure and the Shape of the Script in the Next Millenium Edmond Chibeau - Eastern Connecticut State University The Form of News: U.S. Political History and the Media Environment Kevin G. Barnhurst - University of Illinois-Chicago John C. Nerone - University of Illinois-Chicago Beyond Linguistic Apocalypse: The Political Theory of Marshall McLuhan David P. Parisi - University of Albany Cybercommunism and Cybersociety Richard Barbrook - University of Westminster 11:00 - 12:15 Session 2 - Panel Communication and Urban Forms: From Mumford to Wired Cities Moderator - Thomas F. Gencarelli - Montclair State University Cities without Lines: Demassification in the Age of Informatics James C. Morrison - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Is the Wired City Really So SMART? Gary Gumpert - Communication Landscapers Susan Drucker - Hofstra University Taking Private Matters to Public Space Jack Barwind - Syracuse University 12:30 - 1:00 Featured Presentation Moderator - [TBA] Gender and Media: A Report on Revising the Curriculum Camille Paglia - University of the Arts 1:00 - 2:30 Lunch FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING 2:30 - 3:45 Session 3 - Panel [Aesthetics] Moderator - Saul Ostrow -University of Connecticut Internet Artwork, Artists and Computer Analysts: Sharing the Creative Process Jean-Paul Fourmentraux - Université Toulouse Sense, Memory and Media Scott Weiland - [TBA] VISCOM: A Message and a Medium Robert M. Hall - Flagler College Cinema: The New Cathedral of HollyWorld Read Mercer Schuchardt - New York University 4:00 - 5:15 Session 4 - Roundtable Discussion The Future of News Moderator - Edward Wachtel - Fordham University Panelists James W. Carey - Columbia University Mark Dery - New York University Hal Himmelstein - Brooklyn College John Pavlik - Columbia University Jay Rosen - New York University Paul Thaler - Mercy College 5:30 - 6:00 President's Address Moderator - Janet Sternberg - New York University The Flight of Minerva's Owl Lance Strate - Fordham University 6:00 - 6:30 Presentation of MEA Awards Mark Lipton - Vassar College [TBA] 6:30 - 7:00 Keynote Address Moderator - Lance Strate - Fordham University Morphing McLuhan: Medium Theory for a New Millennium Joshua Meyrowitz - University of New Hampshire 7:30 - 9:00 Reception Kimball Hall, 246 Greene Street, first floor lounge SATURDAY MORNING 8:30 Registration Opens 9:00 - 10:00 Business Meeting All are welcome to attend Moderator - Casey Man Kong Lum, William Paterson University 10:00 - 11:15 Session 5 - Panel [Language] Moderator - Neil Postman - New York University