[Air-l] CFP 5th Media Ecology Association Convention June 10-13, 2004 Rochester, NY

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Fifth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association
RIT Campus, Rochester, New York

Sponsored by
The Department of Communication & the
William A. Kern Professor in Communications
College of Liberal Arts
Rochester Institute of Technology

MEDIA ENVIRONMENTS AND THE LIBERAL ARTS

June 10-13, 2004

How do changing media environments influence the ways in which people 
express themselves, communicate with each other, and pass on knowledge 
to future generations? From cities to cyberspace, and ancient writing 
systems to digital communication technologies, media help shape human 
interaction, understanding and organization. This conference explores 
the various ways in which past, present and emerging media environments 
influence human life in general, and its self-examination via the 
liberal arts disciplines. These include the subjects of inquiry and the 
way research is conducted, changes in human and mass communication, 
policy-making and evaluation, individual expression and representation, 
formation and change in cultural attitudes, media representations of 
natural environments, emerging digital expression (hyperfiction, digital 
poetry, electronic music), and the social impact of media.

What is Media Ecology?
"It is the study of media environments, the idea that technology and 
techniques, modes of information and codes of communication play a 
leading role in human affairs."-Lance Strate

You are invited to submit papers, panels, workshop proposals, and short 
film and video works related to the conference theme. Complete papers 
may be entered for the Top Paper Award or the Linda Elson Scholarship 
Award (Top Student Paper). Please indicate entry on submissions.

Submission deadline December 1, 2003

Send submission to:
Dr. Sue Barnes
Department of Communication
College of Liberal Arts
Rochester Institute of Technology
92 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, New York 14623-5604
(585) 475-4695 or (585) 475-6649
email: sbbgpt at rit.edu

Conference Blog: www.rit.edu/~sbbgpt/mea-rit/

MEA Website: www.media-ecology.org