Perspectives on culture, technology and communication : the media ecology tradition
by
Lum, Casey Man Kong.
Title
:
Perspectives on culture, technology and communication : the media ecology tradition
Author
:
Lum, Casey Man Kong.
ISBN
:
9781572736221
9781572736238
Personal Author
:
Lum, Casey Man Kong.
Publication Information
:
Cresskill, NJ : Hampton Press, c2006.
Physical Description
:
xvii, 421 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
:
Hampton Press communication series. Media ecology
Series Title
:
Hampton Press communication series. Media ecology
Contents
:
1. Notes toward an intellectual history of media ecology / Casey Man Kong Lum -- 2. The humanism of media ecology / Neil Postman -- 3. Lewis Mumford and the ecology of technics / Lance Strate and Casey Man Kong Lum -- 4. Jacques Ellul : technique, propaganda and modern media / Randy Kluver -- 5. Ellul as theologian in counterpoint / Clifford G. Christians -- 6. Harold A. Innis' legacy in the media ecology tradition / Paul Heyer -- 7. Marshall McLuhan : the modern Janus / James C. Morrison -- 8. Neil Postman and the rise of media ecology / Thom F. Gencarelli -- 9. James Carey : the search for cultural balance / Frederick Wasser -- 10. Symbols, thought, and "reality" : the contributions of Benjamin Lee Whorf and Susanne K. Langer to media ecology / Christine Nystrom -- 11. Susanne Langer's philosophy of mind : some implications for media ecology / John Powers -- 12. The orality-literacy theorems and media ecology / Bruce Gronbeck.
13. Typography and its influence on culture and communication : some media ecological interpretations / Joseph Ashcroft -- 14. Epilogue : the next generation(s) / Casey Man Kong Lum.
Subject Term
:
Mass media -- Social aspects.
Communication -- Social aspects.
Mass media -- Research -- History.
Mass media and culture -- Research -- History.
Communication and culture -- Research -- History.