If, as Walter Ong suggests, technologies of communication and information affect noetic economies (structures of thought); and if noetic economies have to do with what it means to be human; it seems important to consider how the spoken and the mediated word and image contribute to the human soul – or to the sacred. How have technologies and the larger media world altered our experiences of the sacred?

PROGRAM

2008 MEA Convention Registration

The Media Ecology Association will gather for its 9th annual convention at Santa Clara University from June 19-22.

Those intending to attend the convention should register online.

The online registration allows payment of convention and housing fees by credit card. Those who prefer may mail in a check (payable to Santa Clara University). All housing must be prepaid by May 30. All those planning to attend should register.

Housing

Convention participants may reserve individual rooms in on-campus apartment suites at the rate of $80 per night (meals included). Those who do not wish the on-campus housing should make their own arrangements at local hotels and motels, which any travel site will list.

Travel

The closest airport to Santa Clara University is San Jose International airport (SJC), about 10 minutes by bus or car. Other regional airports are San Francisco International (about an hour by car) and Oakland International (about an hour by car). Details on transportation from the airport will follow later.