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>.