Regular readers of this journal don't need to be reminded that Media Ecology is rooted in the
recognition that….(may or may not want to insert a standard blurb here, like the stuff up on
the ME wed site-a quote or two from Postman or Lance, or some such).. Essentially, the
scholars we are talking about here are or were for the most part thinkers at the vanguard,
more often at the margins or in between disciplines, and certainly pushing envelopes,
straining definitions and categorizations. Many did their work without any secure intellectual …

… As a metadiscipline, a border discipline and an offshoot and extension of communication
and media studies, media ecology is especially well-positioned to absorb fresh perspectives
and to expand the epistemological grounding and methodological toolkit of the wider field. As
indicated above, a broader repertoire of interpretive strategies and investigative procedures are
just two benefits … media ecology and the Oriental sensibility, media ecology and urban forms
(after the fashion of Genosko’s piece on Toronto and Zhang’s piece on Beijing), media ecology …