Over a dozen speakers will join four panels to discuss issues Postman was most passionate about including: media and publics, language, education, and technology. For more information, the public should call Stacy Rosenberg at 212.992.9492.
On April 6, New York University will host a full-day symposium in honor of Neil Postman, author, media theorist, and former chair who founded the program in media ecology in the Steinhardt School’s Department of Culture and Communication. Postman, who died in 2003, is largely remembered for his 1985 book, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. The book, re-released by Penguin Books in December 2005, criticized television for limiting debate and public discourse.
- WHO & WHAT: PERSPECTIVES ON POSTMAN: A SYMPOSIUM
Andrew Postman, Neil’s son, will open the symposium by presenting his paper titled “Funny is the Most Serious Business of All.”
Over a dozen speakers will join four panels to discuss issues Postman was most passionate about including: media and publics, language, education, and technology.
Along with the Steinhardt School’s Department of Culture and Communication, the event is sponsored by: Fordham University’s Department of Communication and Media Studies; Adelphi University’s Department of Communications; the Institute of General Semantics; the Media Ecology Association; the New York Society for General Semantics; WearIt@Work; and Marymount Manhattan College’s Department of Communication Arts.
The free event will take place on Thursday, April 6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at New York University’s Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, Suite 802, New York, NY. Following the symposium, attendees are invited to a free reception at the Center for Architecture Gallery at 536 LaGuardia Place.
For more information, the public should call Stacy Rosenberg at 212.992.9492 or stacy.rosenberg@nyu.edu.
- WHEN: THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- WHERE: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY’S KIMMEL CENTER, 60 Washington Square South, Suite 802, New York, NY