On June 7th, 2003, the winners of the 2003 Media Ecology Association Awards were announced at the MEA's Fourth Annual Convention at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. THE 2003 MEDIA ECOLOGY ASSOCIATION AWARDS The Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Media Ecology to Frederick Wasser for Veni, Vidi, Video: The Hollywood Empire and the VCR The Walter Benjamin Award for Outstanding Article in the Field of Media Ecology to Alan Randolph Kluver for "The Logic of New Media in International Affairs" The Susanne K. Langer Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Symbolic Form to N. Katherine Hayles for Writing Machines The Dorothy Lee Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Culture to Nancy A. Walker for Shaping Our Mothers' World: American Women's Magazines The Lewis Mumford Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Technics to Emily Thompson for The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900 1933 The Harold A. Innis Award for Outstanding Thesis or Dissertation in the Field of Media Ecology to Keith Hampton for Living the Wired Life in the Wired Suburb: Netville, Glocalization and Civil Society The Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work to Paul Levinson for The Consciousness Plague The John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology to Kevin McMahon for McLuhan's Wake (video documentary produced by Primitive Entertainment and the National Film Board of Canada) The Louis Forsdale Award for Outstanding Educator in the Field of Media Ecology to James W. Carey The Jacques Ellul Award for Outstanding Media Ecology Activism to Ronald J. Deibert CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2004 MEDIA ECOLOGY ASSOCIATION AWARDS The Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Media Ecology Open to books published in 2001 or later on any topic related to media ecology. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Erving Goffman Award, the Susanne K. Langer Award, the Dorothy Lee Award, or the Lewis Mumford Award. The Walter Benjamin Award for Outstanding Article in the Field of Media Ecology Open to articles, essays, reviews, and book chapters published in 2001 or later on any topic related to media ecology. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Erving Goffman Award, the Susanne K. Langer Award, the Dorothy Lee Award, or the Lewis Mumford Award. The Erving Goffman Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Social Interaction Open to books and articles published in 2001 or later that focus on social situations, symbolic interaction, interpersonal communication (both face-to-face and technologically mediated), nonverbal communication, social space, temporal rhythms, rules of engagement, performance of roles, and the presentation of self in everyday life. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter Benjamin Award. The Susanne K. Langer Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Symbolic Form Open to books and articles published in 2001 or later that focus on the ecology of language, semantics, semiotics, codes, symbol systems, aesthetic form, etc. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter Benjamin Award. The Dorothy Lee Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Culture Open to books and articles published in 2001 or later that focus on the ethnographic or intercultural analysis of communication, perception, cognition, consciousness, media, technology; material culture, and/or the natural environment. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter Benjamin Award. The Lewis Mumford Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Technics Open to books and articles published in 2001 or later that focus on the history and/or philosophy of technology or science; studies of specific technologies, techniques, or media, and/or their social, cultural, and psychological effects; analysis and criticism of the technological/information society. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter Benjamin Award. The Harold A. Innis Award for Outstanding Thesis or Dissertation in the Field of Media Ecology Open to any Master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation completed for a degree granted in 2001 or later on any topic related to media ecology. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. The Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work Open to novels, short stories, hypertexts, plays, scripts, comics, audio recordings, motion pictures, videos, and other narrative forms, published or released in 2001 or later, that include media ecology themes, concepts, or insights. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. The John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology Open to works of art, media production, professional activity or other practical applications of the media ecology approach. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies of supporting materials. The Louis Forsdale Award for Outstanding Educator in the Field of Media Ecology Open to any instructor on any educational level. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies of supporting materials. The Jacques Ellul Award for Outstanding Media Ecology Activism Open to any individual engaged in political activism whose work is informed by the media ecology perspective. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies of supporting materials. Send all entries by December 1, 2003 to: Lance Strate, President, Media Ecology Association Department of Communication and Media Studies Fordham University Bronx, NY 10458-9993 For more information, see the MEA Web site at <www.media-ecology.org> or contact Lance Strate at <Strate@Fordham.edu> or 718 817 4864.