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Neil Postman: Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change
Friday, January 4th, 2008Blogging has been light lately as I’m visiting family over the holiday break.
Today, however, I came across one of my favorite essays by the late Neil Postman, cultural critic and founder of my PhD-granting department at NYU, and felt compelled to interrupt my break from blogging to share it.
The essay, “Five Things We Need to […]
So, what exactly is Media Ecology? (video)
Thursday, May 10th, 2007A video honoring the 5th Anniversary of the Media Ecology Association has been posted to YouTube, featuring choice clips of (roughly in order of appearance) Camile Paglila, Marshall McLuhan, Neil Postman (including his famous stint on Comedy Central’s “Daily Show”), Chris Nystrom, and Terry Moran.
I recommend it for anyone who has always wondered “what […]
Media Ecology & Values in Design: A Combined Approach to Understanding the Biases of Media Technology
Thursday, June 23rd, 2005I will presenting my paper “Media Ecology & Values in Design: A Combined Approach to Understanding the Biases of Media Technology” at the 6th Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association at Fordham University today. The abstract:
In recent years, a field known as Values in Design has emerged to identify, understand, anticipate and address the […]
Why not to bring up McLuhan at parties
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005Source: Educational Technology, January 15, 1976. Vol. VII, Number 1. Back Cover
(Thanks to Richard Graham)




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