The Eighth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association

Time	Activity	Location
THURSDAY	JUNE 19
1:00 - 5:00	Registration Conference: (Blake Hall) Lodging: Casa Italiana (Residence Hall)	California Mission Lobby
4:00 - 4:30	Welcoming Remarks	California Mission Room
4:45 - 6:00	Session I - A Theology, Religion and Technology Chair: Stephanie Bennett, Palm Beach Atlantic University A Test of Strictness and Marketing upon Church Growth and Health Rhonda Oosterhoff KPOF: A Pillar of Fire on the Denver Airwaves Kimberly Eberhardt Casteline, University of Colorado Narrative Convergence and Evangelical Homiletics Curt Wanner, Toccoa Falls College Electrical Equivocal: The Sublimating Effect of the Electrical Sublime in Sacred Worship Space Steven Reagles, Bethany Lutheran College	Parlor C
	Session I - B *Sustaining What's Sacred: Finding the Ghosts in/through Our Machines* Chair: Robert MacDougall, Curry College Natural Boundings Bronac Ferran, Royal College of Art, UK The Creative Ghost Barry Liss, University of Wisconsin The Feeling of Flow: A Phenomenological Analysis of On- and Off-line Life Robert MacDougall, Curry College Aural Space, Acoustic Space, and Visual Space: The Quest for Virtual Reality in Musical Reproduction James Morrison, Western Connecticut State University	Parlor B
	Session I - C *Theorizing Media Ecology* Chair: Thom Gencarelli, Manhattan University Meta-Four-Play: A Comparison of Marshall McLuhan's Tetrad and Claude Levi-Strauss' Canonical Formula Robert Blechman, St. George's University Sin and Sacrament: Media Criticism from the Contrasting Theological Perspectives of Jacques Ellul and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Peter Fallon, Roosevelt University Are We the Center of Construction of the Universe? Teilhard's Sacred Perspective on Media Construction Christine Tracy, Eastern Michigan University Ellul and Communication Ray Gozzi, Ithaca College	Williman Room
	Session I - D Theorizing the Human Soul in a Digital Age Chair: Janet Sternberg, Fordham University The Human Soul and the Sacred: The Influence of Communication Technologies Magda Rodrigues de Cunha, Pontificia Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Theology in a Digital Age: The Example of David Tracy Jerry Harp, Clark College The Gods are Back in Town: Pagan Beauty and the Culture of Spectacle Arthur Hunt, The University of Tennessee at Martin	Parlor A
6:00 - 7:30	Hors d'oeuvres	California Mission Lobby
7:30 - 8:45	Session II Featured Speaker: Fritjof Capra, Center for Ecoliteracy *Learning from Leonardo* Introduction: Lance Strate, Fordham University	California Mission Room
8:45 - 10:00	Welcome Reception	California Mission Lobby
FRIDAY	JUNE 20
8:30 - 5:00	Registration Conference: (Blake Hall) Lodging: Casa Italiana (Residence Hall)	California Mission Lobby
7:30 - 9:00	Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15	Session III - A *Methodology in Media Ecology #1* Chair: Corey Anton, Grand Valley State University Postman Lance Strate, Fordham University Walter Ong: Recovering Historical Sources Paul Soukup, Santa Clara University Classical Rhetoric and Media Ecology Methodology Anne Pym, California State University, East Bay Using Q-sort Methodology Paul Grosswiler, University of Maine	Williman Room
	Session III - B *Emergent Media, Systems Theory, & Informatics* Chair: Janet Sternberg, Fordham University A Biological Approach to the Rhetoric of Emergent Media: Exploring the Biological Design, News and Religion Ecosystems Robert Logan, University of Toronto Christine Tracy, Eastern Michigan University Designing for Emergence and Innovation: Redesigning Design Greg Van Alstyne, University of Toronto The Design Ecosystem: Designing for Emergence and Innovation Robert Logan, University of Toronto Greg Van Alstyne, University of Toronto Constructed Reality “Re-Sacralized'? Systems Theory Perspectives Yu-Cheng Liu, National Chengchi University, Taiwan	Parlor B
	Session III - C Media Depictions Chair: Fernando Gutierrez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico The War Bride: Folklore of Military Man Brett Robinson, University of Georgia Forsaking Convention, Forsaking Content? Postmodern Fiction, Typographical Experimentation, and Letters in an Electronic Age Matt Thomas, University of Iowa World Wide Web and Religious Integration in Egypt: Coptic United and Islam Online as Case Study Samy Saad, American University in Washington Screen Hierophants: Orally and Literately Inflected Modes of Engagement with the Sacred in Visual Narrative Sheila Nayar, Greenboro College	Parlor C
10:30 - 11:45	Session IV Featured Speaker: Leonard Shlain, M.D. *Leonardo's Brain: The Left/Right Roots of Creativity* Introduction: Anne Pym, California State University, East Bay	California Mission Room
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch
1:30 - 2:45	Session V Featured Session: Silicon Valley Group Chair: Paul Soukup, Santa Clara University IanGriffin, Hewlett Packard Rick Tywoniak, Cisco Systems Megan Steward, Adobe Systems ?? I-Tunes University, Apple	California Mission Room
3:00 - 4:15	Session VI - A Co-Featured Session: McLuhan & Ong in Conversation Chair: Anne Pym, California State University, East Bay The Priest and the Prophet: Ong, McLuhan, and the Mysteries of Media David Curtis, Blackburn College Contemporary Theo-Technology Curt Wanner, Taccoa Falls College Discussant Paul Soukup, Santa Clara University Discussant Lance Strate, Fordham University	California Mission Room
	Session VI - B Co-Featured Session: Award Winner Presentations Chair: James Morrison, Western Connecticut State University	Williman Room
4:30 - 5:45	Session VII - A *Sacred Earth, Sacred Universe* Chair: Mike Russo, Saint Mary's College The City's Curse: The Church's Plight - An Ellulian Perspective Stephanie Bennett, Palm Beach Atlantic University Media Ecology, Sacred Earth, and the Agrarian Mind Arthur Hunt, The University of Tennessee at Martin The Metaphysics of Media: Toward an End of Postmodern Cynicism and the Creation of a Virtuous Reality Peter Fallon, Roosevelt University 12,000 Years from Pythagoras: Numbers, Time and the Music of the Long Now Ed Tywoniak, Saint Mary's College	Parlor B
	Session VII - B *Histories and Evolution in Media Ecology* Chair: Phil Rose, York University, Toronto Clocks, Synchronization, and the Fate of Leisure: A Brief Media Ecological History of Digital Technologies Corey Anton, Grand Valley State University MoneyGod: The Economic History of the World's Most Valuable Idea Read Mercer Schuchardt Evolution is the Message: A Diachronic Medium Theoretic Comparison of the Evolution of Speech, the Printing Press and the Internet Mogens Olesen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark	Parlor C
	Session VII - C The Media Ecology Tradition in Latin America Chair: Fernando Gutierrez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico The Founders of a New Tradition Fernando Gutierrez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico El Pensamiento de McLuhan en la Reconfiguracion de la Academia Latinoamericana de Communicacion Octavio Islas, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico La Comprension de los Nuevos Ambientes Para La Comunicacion Amai Arribas, Techologico de Monterrey, Mexico	Williman Room
6:00 - 7:30	Dinner
7:30 - 9:00	MEA Awards Ceremony & President's Address: Media Ecology and/as Culture Lance Strate, Fordham University	California Mission Room
9:00 - 10:30	Reception	California Mission Room Lobby
SATURDAY	JUNE 21
8:30 - 5:00	Conference Registration (Blake Hall)	California Mission Lobby
7:30 - 9:00	Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15	Session VIII - A Civic Engagement, Media, and Reality Construction Chair: Brett Lunceford, University of South Alabama The Civic Soul: Public Space Remixed and Curative Archive Paul Guzzardo, media activist/artist, and David Walczyk, Pratt Institute Journalism, Cell Phone and Young Voters: The Development of an Election MoBlog in Philadelphia Susan Jacobson, Temple University Karen Turner, Temple University It Ain't Heavy: The Bias of Digital Communication Thom Gencarelli, Manhattan College Civic Engagement: Spirit, Reality, and Truth Anne Pym, California State University, East Bay	Salon B
	Session VIII - B Modes of Media Production Chair: Valerie Peterson, Grand Valley State University Te dedico esta cancion: El amor en los tiempos del YouTube Marcela Acosta Moreno, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Living in Hybrid Spaces: Digital Photography, Subjectivity, and the Competing - Claims of Private and Public Spheres Dong-Hoo Lee, University of Incheon, Korea Remediation of the Sacred on YouTube Mike Wesch, Kansas State University	Salon C
	Session VIII - C Uses of Technology in Education (from a Media Ecology perspective) Chair: Robert Blechman, St. George's University The Impact of Technology On Pedagogy Michelle Seelig, University of Miami Photojournalism and Visual Journalism Larry Dailey, University of Nevada The Effects of Textbooks as a Cultural Information Transmission Technology Leo Fahey, The Kew-Forest School Seeing Like a Camera: Introducing Contemporary Art Through the Use of Cameras Kathleen Sweeney, Marymount Manhattan College Online Learning and Educational Computing Alexander Kuskis, Gonzaga University Community Blogs Susan Jacobson, Temple University Classroom Lecture Recording Technology Robert Blechman, St. George's University	Williman Room
10:30 - 11:45	Session IX Featured Speaker: Lynn Clark, University of Denver *The Rise of Fashion Bibles and Muslim Pop: Exploring Religious Lifestyle Branding and Mediated Religious Identity* Introduction: Paul Soukup, Santa Clara University	California Mission Room
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch
1:30 - 2:45	Session X Featured Speaker: Joshua Meyrowitz, University of New Hampshire *Power, Pleasure, Patterns: Intersecting Narratives of Media Influence* Introduction: Thom Gencarelli, Manhattan College	California Mission Room
3:00 - 4:15	Session XI - A Methodology in Media Ecology #2 Chair: Corey Anton, Grand Valley State University Figures of Speech as Method Valerie Peterson, Grand Valley State University What I Learned from Marshall McLuhan Robert Logan, University of Toronto Extreme Visual Tactics and Social Movements: No Method is Sacred When the Whole World is No Longer Watching Donna Flayhan, State University of New York, New Paltz Phenomenological Methodologies for Media Ecology Corey Anton, Grand Valley State University	Williman Room
	Session XI - B Political Life and Mediation Chair: Margot Hardenbergh, Fordham University The New Religion: How Technoculture is Transforming our Experiences of the Sacred Pete Moberg, Jacksonville University I'm Not Bad, I'm Just Drawn That Way: Political Remixes and Transgressive Political Women Karla Stevenson, The University of Iowa Where Girard Meets McLuhan: On the Need to Communicate Violence Phil Rose, York University The Blogos-Fear: A Case Study of the Sacred and Profane Paul Grosswiler, University of Maine	Salon C
	Session XI - C Catholic Theology and catholic Technology Chair: John Jasso, University of Pittsburg The Logos, the Trinity, and the Trivium: Fine Tuning a Classical Antenna for Modern Reception and Broadcast John Jasso, University of Pittsburg The Splendor of Form: Rhetoric, Aesthetics, and the Medium of the Mass Anthony Wachs, University of Pittsburg The Commodification of Authority in the Media Age Daniel Dooghan, University of Pittsburg A Picture is Worth a Thousand Acolytes: The Church, the Media and the Power of the Image P. J. Barnett, University of Pittsburg	Salon B
	Session XI - D Thus Spoke the Spectacle Eric Goodman, Thus Spoke the Spectacle Project
4:30 - 5:45	Session XII Keynote Address: Frank Dance, Denver University *Structuring the Cartesian Incision* Introduction: Dennis Gallagher	California Mission Room
6:00 - 7:30	Dinner
7:30 - 8:00	Milton Dawes, Drumming Introduction: Mike Russo, Saint Mary's College	Dorm Area
8:00 - 9:00	Reception & Hootenanny	California Mission Lobby or Dorm Area
SUNDAY	JUNE 22
7:30 - 9:00	Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15	Session XIII - A *Worship and Media* Chair: Thom Gencarelli, Manhattan College Degitizing the Devine: Eli Stone and Fusion Spirituality Susan Jasko, California University of Pennsylvania Tele-visuality, Dreams, and Intercession among Coptic Orthodox of Contemporary Egypt Angie Heo, University of California, Berkeley Vlogging for God Brian Dixon The Role of Media Effects in Popular Eschatology Jon Olsen, Luther Seminary	Salon B
	Session XIII - B *Language and Media Strategies* Chair: Leo Fahey, The Kew-Forest School The Key Factors to Driving Chinese Players into MMORPG Online Game Li Yifan, Fudan University, China New Forms of Cognition from the Use to Internet Luis Esau Bravo, Autonomous University, Mexico City On Metaphor Sun Zhenbin, Fairleigh Dickenson University Visual Propositions Gerald Erion, Medaille College	Salon C
	Session XIII - C *Embodiment in Media Technology* Chair: Jim Morrison, Western Connecticut State University The Body and the Sacred in the Digital Age: Thoughts on Posthuman Sexuality Brett Lunceford, University of South Alabama Where Did the Wild Ones Go? Manic Media Environments Melt Rituals, Mutate Primates, and Sacrifice the Sacred Donna Flayhan, State University of New York, New Paltz The Nature of Equilibrium as an Intrinsic Feature of Personal Health, Growth and Self-Cultivation Barry Liss, University of Wisconsin Colleges McLuhan Redivivus: Hemisphericity, Plasticity, Electricity and the Rations of the Soul Steve Reagles, Bethany Lutheran College	Williman Room
	Session XIII - D *Communicating Truth, Values, and the Sacred through the Medium of Higher Education* Discussion Leaders: Stephanie Bennett, Palm Beach Atlantic University Peter Fallon, Roosevelt University Drop in discussion	Salon A
10:15 - 11:30	Business Meeting	Salon A
11:45 - 1:00	Session XIV Featured Session: Communication, Social Action, and the New Journalism Chair: Ed Tywoniak, Saint Mary's College Role of Journalism in the Construction of a Just Society Mike Russo, Saint Mary's College Ecology and Democracy: Citizen Journalism in the Digital Age Christine Tracy, Eastern Michigan University Social Media and the Revolution in User-created/User-distributed Media J.D. Lassica, President of the Social Media Group The Emerging “Female Voice” in Contemporary American Politics Valerie Peterson, Grand Valley State University	California Mission Room
1:00 - 1:15	Closing Remarks: Paul Soukup	California Mission Room
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Media Ecology Association 9th Annual Conference Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA June 19-22, 2008

Media Ecology Association 9th Annual Conference
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
June 19-22, 2008