Lots of awards here for you to choose among!
mike
Call for Nominations for the 2009 Media Ecology Association Awards
The Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Media
Ecology
Open to books published in 2006 or later on any topic related to media
ecology. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and
five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Erving
Goffman Award, the Susanne K. Langer Award, the Dorothy Lee Award, or the
Lewis Mumford Award.
The Walter Benjamin Award for Outstanding Article in the Field of Media
Ecology
Open to articles, essays, reviews, and book chapters published in 2006 or
later on any topic related to media ecology. Entry requirements: Letter of
nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request
simultaneous consideration for the Erving Goffman Award, the Susanne K.
Langer Award, the Dorothy Lee Award, or the Lewis Mumford Award.
The Erving Goffman Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of
Social Interaction
Open to books and articles published in 2006 or later that focus on social
situations, symbolic interaction, interpersonal communication (both
face-to-face and technologically mediated), nonverbal communication, social
space, temporal rhythms, rules of engagement, performance of roles, and the
presentation of self in everyday life. Entry requirements: Letter of
nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request
simultaneous consideration for the Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter
Benjamin Award.
The Susanne K. Langer Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of
Symbolic Form
Open to books and articles published in 2006 or later that focus on the
ecology of language, semantics, semiotics, codes, symbol systems, aesthetic
form, etc. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and
five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the
Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter Benjamin Award.
The Dorothy Lee Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Culture
Open to books and articles published in 2006 or later that focus on the
ethnographic or intercultural analysis of communication, perception,
cognition, consciousness, media, technology; material culture, and/or the
natural environment. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or
self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous
consideration for the Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter Benjamin Award.
The Lewis Mumford Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of
Technics
Open to books and articles published in 2006 or later that focus on the
history and/or philosophy of technology or science; studies of specific
technologies, techniques, or media, and/or their social, cultural, and
psychological effects; analysis and criticism of the
technological/information society. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination
or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous
consideration for the Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter Benjamin Award.
The Harold A. Innis Award for Outstanding Thesis or Dissertation in the
Field of Media Ecology
Open to any Master's thesis or doctoral dissertation completed for a degree
granted in 2006 or later on any topic related to media ecology. Entry
requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies.
The Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work
Open to novels, short stories, hypertexts, plays, scripts, comics, audio
recordings, motion pictures, videos, and other narrative forms, published or
released in 2006 or later, that include media ecology themes, concepts, or
insights. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and
five copies.
The John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology
Open to works of art, media production, professional activity or other
practical applications of the media ecology approach. Entry requirements:
Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies of supporting
materials.
The Louis Forsdale Award for Outstanding Educator in the Field of Media
Ecology
Open to any instructor on any educational level. Entry requirements: Letter
of nomination or self-nomination and five copies of supporting materials.
The Jacques Ellul Award for Outstanding Media Ecology Activism
Open to any individual engaged in political activism whose work is informed
by the media ecology perspective. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination
or self-nomination and five copies of supporting materials.
The James W. Carey Award for Outstanding Journalism
Open to any individual engaged in journalism whose work is informed by the
media ecology perspective. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or
self-nomination and five copies of supporting materials.
Send all entries by November 15, 2008 to: Lance Strate, President, Media
Ecology Association, Department of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham
University, Bronx, NY 10458-9993. For more information, see the MEA Web
site at <www.media-ecology.org> or contact Lance Strate at
<Strate@Fordham.edu> or 718‑817‑4864.
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