Geert posted these to nettime-l, so i'm sending them on. Congratulations to everyone involved, and special congrats for those members of AoIR in the awardees:) Announcing the 2002 Media Ecology Association Awards: The Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Media Ecology to Douglas Rushkoff for Coercion: Why We Listen to What "They" Say The Walter Benjamin Award for Outstanding Article in the Field of Media Ecology to Erik P. Bucy and Kimberly S. Gregson for "Media Participation: A Legitimizing Mechanism of Mass Democracy" The Susanne K. Langer Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Symbolic Form to Kevin G. Barnhurst and John Nerone for The Form of News: A History The Lewis Mumford Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Technics to Jack Lule for Daily News, Eternal Stories: The Mythological Role of Journalism The Dorothy Lee Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Culture to Susan B. Barnes for Online Connections: Internet Interpersonal Relationshipsand to Stuart Biegel for Beyond Our Control? Confronting the Limits of Our Legal System in the Age of Cyberspace The John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology to William Bly and John McDaid for Media Ecology Unplugged (Audio music recording, available on CD and as downloadable MP3 files at infomonger.com) The Harold A. Innis Award for Outstanding Thesis or Dissertation in the Field of Media Ecology to Janet Sternberg for Misbehavior in Cyber Places: The Regulation of Online Conduct in Virtual Communities on the Internet The Louis Forsdale Award for Outstanding Educator in the Field of Media Ecology to Edmund Carpenter The Jacques Ellul Award for Outstanding Media Ecology Activism to Parry Aftab ------------------------------ -- Jeremy Hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy cddc/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu 526 major williams hall 0130 http://www.dromocracy.com virginia tech -under construction blacksburg, va 24061 540-231-7614 jhuns@vt.edu this email was sent from my office --- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments