01/22/2024
Marshall McLuhan Fellow 2023 Jodesz Gavilan Speaking in Toronto on February 6
Marshall McLuhan Fellow 2023 Jodesz Gavilan Speaking in Toronto on February 6
From Paolo Granata, Media Ethics Lab, University of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto Hello folks! Join me on Tuesday FEB 6, for a special talk with Marshall McLuhan Fellow 2023 Jo…
12/20/2023
The Passing of Father John Pungente, SJ, Media Educator (1939 – 2023)
The Passing of Father John Pungente, SJ, Media Educator (1939 – 2023)
Father John Pungente, SJ Fr. John Pungente died December 6, 2023 in René Goupil Residence, Pickering, Ontario. He was in his 84th year and a Jesuit for 66 years. He was born in Port Arthur, Ontario…
11/06/2023
The corrected version of New Explorations, Vol 3 No 2 (2003) is now available
The corrected version of New Explorations, Vol 3 No 2 (2003) is now available
Professor Robert Logan asked me to circulate his announcement that: – The final and corrected version of New Explorations Vol 3 No 2 is now available at: – For those…
10/19/2023
Rappler’s Jodesz Gavilan named 2023 Marshall McLuhan Fellow for Excellence in Journalism in the Philippines
Rappler’s Jodesz Gavilan named 2023 Marshall McLuhan Fellow for Excellence in Journalism in the Philippines
Rappler’s Jodesz Gavilan, 2023 McLuhan Fellow The Embassy of Canada in the Philippines presented the annual Marshall McLuhan Fellowship for Excellence in Journalism to Jodesz Gavilan, writer and re…
10/13/2023
Report on the 24th Annual Media Ecology Association Convention
Report on the 24th Annual Media Ecology Association Convention
Fordham University – Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY “Arts/Symbol/Context/Meanings” JUNE 22 – 25, 2023 By Esther G. Juce June 22, 2023 – Welcome from sponsoring agencies: Media Ecology As…
09/07/2023
AI & the Future of Education by University of Toronto Professor Paolo Granata
AI & the Future of Education by University of Toronto Professor Paolo Granata
Paolo Granata is the director of the Media Ethics Lab at the University of Toronto. What makes us human in an age of AI? Professor Granata believes that AI – a new medium, a new language, a n…
08/26/2023
The Medium Is Still the Message
The Medium Is Still the Message
In fact, this may be truer than ever. KEY POINTS Marshall McLuhan’s idea that the medium is the message is apparent in the presidential candidates. How the candidates on the debate stage announced …
08/03/2023
New Book Announcement: Beyond Media Literacy
New Book Announcement: Beyond Media Literacy
By Lars C. Grabbe, Andrew McLuhan, & Tobias Held (Eds.) The interplay of physical reality and media environments is getting enhanced by new technological innovations. We are living in the age o…
07/18/2023
Marshall McLuhan Was a Great Predictor of Future Media, Including ChatGPT
Marshall McLuhan Was a Great Predictor of Future Media, Including ChatGPT
By D.R. Thompson Depending on who you talk to, media theorist Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) was either a visionary or a simplistic slogan-maker. Put another way, his catchy phrases such as ‘the medi…
07/09/2023
Dr. Robert K. (“Bob”) Logan is the Recipient of The Medium & the Light Award, 2023
Dr. Robert K. (“Bob”) Logan is the Recipient of The Medium & the Light Award, 2023
Bob Logan in a familiar presentation stance The Medium and the Light Award for 2023 By Howard R. Engel The recipient of the twelfth Medium and the Light Award, in recognition of the ecumenical dime…
06/26/2023
Professor B.W. Powe’s Undergraduate Course on Marshall McLuhan & Northrop Frye at York University, Toronto
Professor B.W. Powe’s Undergraduate Course on Marshall McLuhan & Northrop Frye at York University, Toronto
Only a few Canadian universities offer an undergraduate course on Marshall McLuhan and far fewer, maybe none, offer a course that covers the thought of both Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye. York…