Convention Reminder: Pre-Registration deadline: May 5 The Fourth Annual Convention of the MEA Sponsored by The Hofstra University School of Communication and Hofstra Cultural Center, Hempstead, New York Remapping Communication Environments June 5-8, 2003 Both current and new Members who pre-register by May 5, 2003 get a special pre-registration rate. Simply download the Pre-Registration Form on the MEA website, fill it out, and send it with your check to the address on the form. Payment from outside the U.S. can be made through PayPal®. Simply access our international payments page. Keynote Speaker: James W. Carey, School of Journalism, Columbia University, author of Communication as Culture Plenary Sessions: Camille Paglia, University of the Arts, author of Sexual Personae Leonard Shlain, University of California at San Francisco, author of The Alphabet Versus the Goddess Marvin Kitman, Media Columnist, Newsday Themes of the convention: -How technology is reshaping our media landscape -New communication platforms and old communication environments -Information technology and place -Ghettoes in the global village - the technology divide -Urban and suburban communication environments -Media content -Media and religion -Ethics in media -Transforming public life and private life -Creating social spaces -Digital economics and the changing media landscape -Sustainable digital communities -Non-technological communication in a media world -Understanding new communication environment in media history -Media and cultural change -Language and the new communication technologies Special Screening: Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me! - a film about Edmund Carpenter by John Bishop and Harald Prins Housing Hofstra offers a limited number of dorm rooms at $31 per person, per night. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve, please send check or money order to the address listed on the Pre-Registration Form. No PayPal® payment is available for dorm rooms. Questions? Contact Assistant Dean Carol Drummer [comcjd@hofstra.edu], School of Communication, at 516-463-5217 or the Convention Coordinators: Barbara Kelly [jrnbmk@hofstra.edu] at 516-463-4100 or Sue Drucker [sphsjd@hofstra.edu] http://www.media-ecology.org