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. REGISTRATION INFORMATION The Convention is open to 2002 MEA members only. 2002 membership dues may be paid when registering. Convention Fees: US $40 On-Site Registration US $30 On-Site Student Registration Membership Dues: US $40 2002 Membership (through December 31, 2002) US $20 2002 Student Membership (through December 31, 2002) (Membership dues include annual subscription to our print journal, Explorations in Media Ecology (EME), and our newsletter, In Medias Res, both published biannually.) The Convention schedule, directions to the Marymount Manhattan campus, and a list of hotels in Manhattan are available online at <http://www.media-ecology.org> 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 ---------------------- SCHEDULE AS OF 6/16/02 ---------------------- FRIDAY JUNE 21 8:30 Main Lobby Registration Opens 9:00-9:30 Theatre Introduction and Greetings David Linton - Marymount Manhattan College Laura Tropp - Marymount Manhattan College Lance Strate - Fordham University 9:30-10:45 Great Hall A Session 1 - Panel Interactivity Moderator - Celeste Fisher - Marymount Manhattan College 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 Great Hall A 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 Great Hall B Session 2B - Panel Changing Media Environments After 9/11 Moderator - Raymond Gozzi, Jr. - Ithaca College Reversals Raymond Gozzi, Jr. - Ithaca College 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 Theatre Featured Presentation Moderator - Cliff Jernigan - Hofstra University