THE THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE MEDIA ECOLOGY ASSOCIATION June 21-23, 2002 Hosted by the Communication Arts Department, Marymount Manhattan College 221 East 71st Street (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues) New York, NY 10021 <http://www.media-ecology.org> --Would you like to spend a coffee break debating the ideas of Marshall McLuhan, Walter Ong, Lewis Mumford, Susanne Langer, George Herbert Mead, or Neil Postman? --Is the history of technology and the culture of those who use it as important to you as how it is currently being used? --Are you interested in exploring orality and literacy; print media, television, and the Internet; language, culture, and consciousness, or media ecology education and policy; technology and information systems? If you answered yes to any of these questions, consider joining us for the Third Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association at Marymount Manhattan College. Keynote speaker Elizabeth Eisenstein, author of The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, will address "Old Media in the New Millennium." Featured presentations by Leonard Shlain, author of The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, and Donald Theall, author of The Virtual Marshall McLuhan. Special film screening: McLuhan's Wake, by Kevin McMahon. PRE-REGISTRATION INFORMATION The Convention is open to 2002 MEA members only; 2002 membership dues may be paid when registering. Convention Fees: US $30 Pre-Registration (before June 1, 2002*) US $20 Student Pre-Registration (before June 1, 2002*) If not already a member for 2002, please add: US $40 2002 Membership (through December 31, 2002) US $20 2002 Student Membership (through December 31, 2002; include photocopy of full-time student ID) *Registration after June 1, 2002 and on-site will be $40 for members and $30 for student members. A printable version of the pre-registration form is available online at <http://www.media-ecology.org>, where you can also find the Convention schedule (updated periodically), as well as a list of hotels in Manhattan and directions to the Marymount Manhattan campus. Mail completed pre-registration form and check or money order payable to Media Ecology Association to Thom Gencarelli, MEA Treasurer Department of Broadcasting Montclair State University Montclair, NJ 07043-9987 gencarellit@mail.montclair.edu 973-655-7339 973-655-5432 (fax) Questions? Contact the Convention Coordinators: David Linton & Laura Tropp Communication Arts Department Marymount Manhattan College 221 East 71st Street New York, NY 10021-4597 Ltropp@mmm.edu, laura.tropp@nyu.edu (alternate) 212-774-4868 DEADLINE FOR PRE-REGISTRATION: JUNE 1, 2002