Figure/Ground interview with Casey Lum, translated into Chinese
© Casey Man Kong Lum and Figure/Ground Communications Dr. Lum was interviewed via Skype by Laureano Ralon on February 16th, 2011 Casey Man Kong Lum is Professor and Director of the […]
Required class reading sparks student action
For Meredith Morgoch, Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death” was the first assigned reading that ever compelled her to take action. “When I read it, it just grabbed me,” said […]
Interview with James M. Curtis
© Jim Curtis and Figure/Ground Communication Dr. Curtis was interviewed by Laureano Ralon on December 12th, 2011 Jim Curtis received his BA in German from Vanderbilt University, and his MA […]
The Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association
Second Call for Papers The Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association The Crossroads of the Word June 7–10, 2012 Manhattan College Riverdale, New York Extended Deadline for Submissions: December […]
The Media Ecology Association at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Communication Association
Call for Papers Transitions Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, Massachusetts April 26–29, 2012 Submission Deadline: October 14, 2011 The Media Ecology Association, an affiliated association of the Eastern Communication Association, invites […]
Letter from Lance Strate to Dharma Adhikari, Secretary General of the Media Foundation in Nepal
Dear Dharma, Thank you for your note concerning the Marshall McLuhan Centenary event that you have organized in Nepal. Yours may be the distinction of being the last Centenary event […]
Hannah Arendt & Media Ecology
Violence, Power, Technology and Identity By Lance Strate “Last week I attended a public lecture at Fordham University given by Richard Bernstein, a philosopher on the faculty of the New […]
Paul Levinson’s Advice to Writers
My Four Rules: The Best You Can Do To Make It As A Writer What follows are my four cardinal rules for making it as a writer. Never any guarantees […]
CTheory Interview: William Leiss
Dr. William Leiss in conversation with Laureano Ralon and Roman Onufrijchuk “In the following interview, William Leiss, a student of Herbert Marcuse and, in his own right, a brilliant critical intellectual and writer, most […]
