The Third Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association Sponsored by The Communication Arts Department Marymount Manhattan College New York, New York June 21-23, 2002 Schedule as of 6/2/02 updates and details at http://www.media-ecology.org FRIDAY June 21 8:30 Registration Opens 9:00-9:30 Introduction and Greetings David Linton - Marymount Manhattan College Laura Tropp - Marymount Manhattan College Lance Strate - Fordham University 9:30-10:45 Session 1 - Panel Interactivity Moderator - Brian Cogan - New York University There is No Easy Way to Say This: The Mao Era as Hypertext Susan Jacobson - Marymount Manhattan College The Internet Discourse on the Other: Remembering Japanese Colonialism in Korea Dong-Hoo Lee - Incheon University The "Majestic" Game: Interactive Media Environments and a New Turing Test Damian Ward Hey - Hofstra University Technology and Contingent Conditions in Community Formation on the Internet Joyce Y.M. Nip - Hong Kong Baptist University 11:00-12:15 Session 2A - Panel Technology Moderator - Peter Fallon - Molloy College Information Technology and the Technology of Information Irene Berkowitz - Temple University The Devil in Dr. Frankenstein: Pornographic Technological Evolution Marc Leverette - New York University Communication by Theft: The Acquisition and Use of Intimate Capital John L. Locke - New York University A.N.S.W.E.R.: Community Video and Media Ecology Kevin Howley - Northeastern University 11:00-12:15 Session 2B - Panel Changing Media Environments After 9/11: A Roundtable Discussion Moderator - Raymond Gozzi, Jr. - Ithaca College How Middle Eastern Media are Interpreting the Events Following September 11th Jack Barwind - Zayed University 9/11 and My Favorite Market in the UAE James Piecowye - Zayed University Media Portrayals of Muslims: Positive and Negative Aspects Raymond Smith - Iona College War and Peace in the Global Village: Updating McLuhan James C. Morrison - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 12:30-1:00 Featured Presentation Moderator - George Back - Hofstra University