For anyone interested in the work of Marshall McLuhan, arguably the father of media studies, I have been maintaining the McLuhan Galaxy blog as a repository of information about the many conferences dedicated to him in this centenary year, books, articles, blogs and links. There are something like 200 conferences, special events, exhibitions, lectures and seminars devoted to him this year, including a major conference in November hosted by the iSchool, University of Toronto. See http://tinyurl.com/6ewnow6 . The McLuhan Galaxy blog is at http://mcluhangalaxy.wordpress.com/ ..........Alex Alex Kuskis, PhD Adjunct Professor, Media Studies MA Program in Communication & Leadership School of Professional Studies Gonzaga University (via e-learning) http://mcluhangalaxy.wordpress.com/ -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Barry Wellman Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 12:14 PM To: communication and information technology section asa; aoir list Subject: [Air-L] McLuhan at 100 There's a really insightful loong feature about Marshall McLuhan in today's Toronto Globe and Mail. Michael Valpy, "The return of Marshall McLuhan" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-return-of-marshall-mcluhan/ article2099375/singlepage/#articlecontent This is Marshall's 100th birthday year. Barry Wellman ____________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php