Archive for the ‘Announcement’ Category
PUBLISHED: 2023-03-08 ARTICLES Editor’s Welcome Robert K. Logan PDF The Joke as a Medium Adriana Braga, Robert K. Logan PDF Contextualizing Marshall McLuhan Thomas Farrell PDF Algorithm, Aphorism, and Alternatives Erik J. Gustafson PDF Understanding the New Analogue Photography: Meanings, Methodologies and Aesthetics Laís Akemi Margadona PDF Commodifying Taste: An Autoethnography of Free Labour, Exploitation and […]
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An invitation from Paolo Granata to everyone interested in media in this digital era… I’d like to extend an invitation to you for a unique talk on journalism and media ecology that will be held on Wednesday, March 15th at 6:30 pm. The event will take place at Toronto Metropolitan University, Rogers Communications Centre, The Venn […]
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Marshall McLuhan at the Coach House on the University of Toronto campus, (Robert Lansdale, University of Toronto Archives). By Alexander Kuskis, PhD University of Toronto The purpose of the Centre for Culture and Technology, as initially envisioned by Marshall McLuhan in 1963, was to “advance the […]
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An Announcement by Howard R. Engel, Founding Director & C.E.O. of The Marshall McLuhan Initiative, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada On behalf of The Marshall McLuhan Initiative Board of Directors, I’m very pleased to report that Archives & Special Collections at the University of Manitoba (U. of M.), Marshall McLuhan’s first post-secondary alma mater where he earned a gold […]
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Karmina Constantino, Marshall McLuhan Fellow 2022. Image from the Embassy of Canada in the Philippines. MANILA — Veteran journalist and ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) anchor Karmina Constantino on Thursday was named this year’s Marshall McLuhan fellow by the Canadian Embassy in the Philippines and the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR). Constantino received the […]
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EMPIRE AND COMMUNICATIONS By Harold A. Innis Edited by William J. Buxton Introduction by William J. Buxton Originally published in 1950, Harold A. Innis’s Empire and Communications is considered to be one of the classic works in media studies, yet its origins have received little attention. Ambitious in its scope, the book spans five millennia, tracing a path of […]
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B.W. Powe, Author & Associate Professor The Medium and the Light Award for 2022 The recipient of the eleventh Medium and the Light Award, in recognition of the ecumenical dimensions of the life and work of Marshall McLuhan, was presented on Thursday, July 7 virtually, as part of the 23rd Media Ecology Association (MEA) Convention […]
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Northern Sparks Innovation, Technology Policy, and the Arts in Canada from Expo 67 to the Internet Age By Michael Century An “episode of light” in Canada sparked by Expo 67 when new art forms, innovative technologies, and novel institutional and policy frameworks emerged together. OVERVIEW Understanding how experimental art catalyzes technological innovation is often prized yet […]
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Out of School: Information Art and the Toronto School of Communication By Adam Lauder, PhD A unique look at the artists inspired by the Toronto School of Communication and the rise of an information society. Through a series of focused and interconnected case studies, Out of School explores the long history of information art associated with […]
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McLuhan Galaxy 
B.W. Powe’s New Book, Ladders Made of Water, Reviewed by Robert K. Logan
You’ll find Included in this collection a selection of public presentations and thoughts on our spiritual and ecological crises, including reflections on Jacques Ellul, Simone Weil, Teilhard de Chardin, Marshall McLuhan and Anne Carson, lyrics for an unfinished rock opera, a dramatic homily on Harry Potter, meditations on Dune Part One, Nomadland and Eternals, poems […]
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