2008 MEA Awards
The Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book
in the Field of Media Ecology
Open to books published in 2005 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 2005 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 2005 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 2004 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 2005 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 2004 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 2005 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 2005 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.
Send all entries by November 15, 2007 to
Lance Strate, President, Media Ecology Association
Department of Communication and Media Studies
Fordham University
Bronx, NY 10458-9993
For more information, contact Lance Strate at Strate{at}Fordham.edu or 718-817-4864.
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