PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEA CONVENTION
Sponsored by
The Hofstra University School of Communication
and Hofstra Cultural Center
Hempstead, New York
Remapping Communication Environments
June 5-8, 2003
How is technology reshaping our media landscape?
* New communication platforms and old communication environments
* Information technology and place
* Ghettoes in the global village--the technology divide
* Urban and suburban communication environments
* Media content
* Media and religion
* Ethics in media
* Transforming public life and private life
* Creating social spaces
* Digital economics and the changing media landscape
* Sustainable digital communities
* Non-technological communication in a media world
* Language and the new communication technologies
We welcome proposals for individual papers, presentations, roundtables,
workshops, or other kinds of special sessions which are either theme-based or
appropriate to the study of media ecology. Diverse theoretical and
methodological approaches to the study of media environments, including
historical, philosophical, aesthetic, literary, psychological, sociological,
anthropological, political, economic, and scientific investigations, applied,
and pedagogical perspectives are welcome.
Deadline for submission of abstracts, papers, panels, or proposals is January
15, 2003.
Send two copies to:
MEA Convention
Professor Carol J. Drummer
School of Communication
Room 318 Dempster Hall
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-1110
Questions? Contact the Convention Coordinators:
Susan Drucker 516-463-5304
Barbara M. Kelly 516-463-4100
NB: Dormitory accommodations will be available on a limited basis.
Further details will be available soon at http://www.media-ecology.org>.
