Call for Papers - Deadline Extended The Fifth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association RIT Campus, Rochester, New York June 10-13, 2004 Media Environments and the Liberal Arts Sponsored by The Department of Communication and The William A. Kern Professor in Communications College of Liberal Arts Rochester Institute of Technology How do changing media environments influence the ways in which people express themselves, communicate with each other, and pass on knowledge to future generations? From cities to cyberspace, and ancient writing systems to digital communication technologies, media help shape human interaction, understanding, and organization. This conference explores the various ways in which past, present, and emerging media environments influence human life in general, and its self-examination via the liberal arts disciplines. These include the subjects of inquiry and the way research is conducted, changesin human and mass communication, policy-making, and evaluation, individual expression and representation, formation and change in cultural attitudes, media representations of natural environments, emerging digital expression (hyperfiction, digital poetry, electronic music), and the social impact of media. What is Media Ecology? "It is the study of media environments, the idea that technology and techniques, modes of information and codes of communication play a leading role in human affairs." -Lance Strate You are invited to submit papers, panels, workshop proposals, and short film and video works related to the conference theme. Complete papers may be entered for the Top Paper Award or the Linda Elson Scholarship Award (Top Student Paper). Please indicate entry on submissions. Submission deadline extended to December 15, 2003. Send submission to Dr. Sue Barnes Department of Communication College of Liberal Arts Rochester Institute of Technology 92 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623-5604 (585) 475-4695 or (585) 475-6649 Email: sbbgpt@rit.edu Convention Web log We have set up a Web log for the convention at http://www.rit.edu/~sbbgpt/mea-rit/. -------------------------------- Media Ecology Association http://www.media-ecology.org