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Media futurologist
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Media Ecology as Ecology Contrariwise: Protecting Humans from the Digital Environment – I
The ecological approach to humans’ adaptation to the digital environment is rooted in the ideas of traditional ecology, yet it turns these ideas upside down. The main idea of a traditional environmental movement is to protect the environment from human… Read More ›
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Celebrating the re-launch of McLuhan’s Coach House in the 21st Century
For media ecologists, the Coach House has always been a place of force. On October 20, 2015, the McLuhans and Mcluhanists gathered in the Coach House at the University of Toronto to re-establish the “McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology”… Read More ›
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Text? No longer
Some thoughts on possible obsolescence in the Media Studies Triangle, Ontario Media Literacy Program “In 1988, Ontario became the first educational jurisdiction in the world to mandate media literacy as part of the English curriculum”, reports the “Media Education: Make… Read More ›
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Trees die twice: the beautiful end of the book era
A library in Picton organized the DiscARTed Art show It was a cozy evening event organized by a local library in a small town. Anyone who wished to participate had been encouraged to pick up discarded books from one of… Read More ›




