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The McLuhan Centennial: Hoopla for a Scholar with a Strong St. Louis Connection

Under way….more than 200 events around the world, from Japan to Denmark to Alberta, celebrating media theorist and technology prophet, Marshall McLuhan, whose centennial is July 21. “McLuhan taught at Saint Louis University, along with Walter J. Ong, and these two major media theorists made St. Louis a world-renowned center of media theory,” said Sara […]

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Media Ecology Association Meets in St. Louis

I recall, two years ago, sitting with St. Louis University English Department chair,  Sara van den Berg, who was beaming over the prospect of soon formalizing the Walter J. Ong, SJ. Center for Language and Culture, only to be followed by hosting the Media Ecology Association’s (MEA’s) Tenth Annual Convention in 2009. A couple of […]

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