Lance Strate Explained
Lance A. Strate (born September 17, 1957) is an American writer and professor of communication and media studies at Fordham University. He was the 2015 Margaret E. and Paul F. Harron Endowed Chair in Communication at Villanova University,[1] and in 2016 lectured at the School of Journalism and Communication at Henan University, in Kaifeng China.[2]
Career
Strate is one of the founders of the Media Ecology Association. He served as that organization's first president from 1998 to 2009,[3] and was the co-founder of the MEA's journal, Explorations in Media Ecology, which he co-edited from 2001 to 2004, and edited alone from 2004 to 2007.[4] He has been a trustee of the Institute of General Semantics[5] since 2013, and served as the IGS Executive Director from 2008 to 2011. He was elected president of the New York Society for General Semantics in 2016.[6] He is also a past president of the New York State Communication Association. He has been on the faculty of Fordham University since 1989, and served as department chair between 1997 and 2001. He has also taught at Fairleigh Dickinson University, New York University, William Paterson University, the University of Connecticut, and Adelphi University.
Strate is quoted frequently in the media about politics and social media, including in The New York Times,[7] USA Today,[8] Fortune Magazine,[9] ABC News,[10] South Dakota Public Radio (NPR),[11] The National Post (Canada),[12] The Jerusalem Post,[13] and NHK Japanese Public Television.[14]
Strate is author or co-author of six books—including a book of poetry - and editor or co-editor of seven others. Translations of his work have appeared in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Hungarian, Hebrew, Mandarin, and the fictional Quenya language. His articles have appeared in The Guardian[15] and are regularly featured in the Jewish Standard and The Times of Israel.[16]
He has been president of the Congregation Adas Emuno,[17] a Reform synagogue in New Jersey, since 2012.
Education
Lance Strate earned a B.S. at Cornell University, an M.A. in Communication at Queens College (CUNY), and a Ph.D. in media ecology from New York University.[18]
Publications
- 1987, Neil Postman, Christine Nystrom, Lance Strate, and Charles Weingartner. Myths, Men, and Beer: An Analysis of Beer Commercials on Broadcast Television. Falls Church, VA: American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety.
- 2000, Robin Andersen and Lance Strate (Eds.). Critical Studies in Media Commercialism. London: Oxford University Press.
- 2003, Lance Strate, Ron Jacobson, and Stephanie Gibson (Eds.). Communication and Cyberspace: Social Interaction in an Electronic Environment (2nd ed.). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2003.
- 2005, Lance Strate and Edward Wachtel (Eds.). The Legacy of McLuhan. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press
- 2006, Lance Strate. Echoes and Reflections: On Media Ecology as a Field of Study. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
- 2012, Anton Corey and Lance Strate (Eds.) Korzybski and... New York: Institute of General Semantics.
- 2014, Lance Strate and Adeena Karasick (Eds.) The Medium is the Muse: Channeling Marshall McLuhan. Seattle: NeoPoiesis Press.
- 2014, Lance Strate. Amazing Ourselves to Death: Neil Postman's Brave New World Revisited. New York: Peter Lang.
- 2015, Lance Strate. Thunder at Darwin Station (poetry). Seattle: NeoPoiesis Press.
- 2016, Octavio Islas, Fernando Gutiérrez, and Lance Strate (Eds.) La Comprensión de los Medios en la Era Digital: Un Nuevo Análisis de la Obra de Marshall McLuhan. Mexico City: Alfaomega.
- 2016, Lance Strate. 麦克卢汉与媒介生态学 [''McLuhan and Media Ecology''] (original collection of essays published in Mandarin, Hu Julan, trans.). Zhengzhou, China: Henan University Press.
- 2017, Robert K. Logan, Corey Anton and Lance Strate (Eds.) Taking Up McLuhan's Cause: Perspectives on Media and Formal Causality. Bristol, UK: Intellect.
- 2017, Lance Strate. Media Ecology: An Approach to Understanding the Human Condition. New York: Peter Lang.
- 2020, Lance Strate. Diatribal Writes of Passage in a World of Wintertextuality: Poems on Language, Media, and Life (but not as we know it). Forest Hills, NY: Institute of General Semantics.
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Notes and References
- Web site: Interview with Dr. Lance Strate, our 2015 Harron Chair. Momcicevic. Mirna. 28 October 2015. VUGradComm. Villanova University. English. 16 April 2017.
- Web site: Lance Strate Delivers a Talk on General Semantics at Henan University (Kaifeng, China). 27 December 2016. The Institute of General Semantics. English. 17 April 2017.
- Web site: Organization of the Media Ecology Association - Past Presidents. 17 April 2017.
- Web site: Explorations in Media Ecology - Past Editors. 17 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170517210953/http://www.media-ecology.org/publications/Explorations_Media_Ecology/index.html#Editorial%20Board. 17 May 2017. dead.
- Web site: Board & Administration. The Institute of General Semantics. 18 April 2017.
- Web site: Lance Strate Named President of the New York Society for General Semantics. 23 May 2016. The Institute of General Semantics. 17 April 2017.
- Web site: Manjoo . Farhad . 11 January 2017 . How Netflix Is Deepening Our Cultural Echo Chambers . 16 April 2017 . The New York Times.
- Web site: Grossman . Cathy Lynn . 18 December 2008 . Mandatory 'Merry Christmas' line may lose its lilt . 17 April 2017 . USA Today . English.
- Web site: Geier . Ben . 11 June 2015 . Speech inflation: Why Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and others get massive speaking fees . 16 April 2017 . Fortune Magazine . English.
- Web site: Marikar . Sheila . 4 January 2008 . What's a Scandal-Ridden Celeb to Do? Go to Church . 17 April 2017 . ABC News . English.
- Web site: Safo . Nova . 21 July 2015 . Long-shot candidates reap benefits after race . 16 April 2017 . South Dakota Public Broadcasting (NPR).
- Web site: Offman . Craig . 9 March 2008 . Many Canadians feel anxious without the Net . 17 April 2017 . National Post . English.
- Web site: Hasten . Josh . 22 March 2012 . Assessing the Media . 17 April 2017 . The Jerusalem Post . English.
- Web site: 21 March 2015 . Looking Back on the History of Broadcasting and Exploring the Future . live . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/e_NfnAGRa8c . 2021-12-21 . 17 April 2017 . NHK Japanese Public Television . Japanese.
- Web site: Marshall McLuhan's message was imbued with conservatism. Strate. Lance. 26 July 2011. The Guardian. English. 17 April 2017.
- Web site: New Jersey Jewish Standard. 17 April 2017.
- Web site: Congregation Adas Emuno. 17 April 2017.
- http://www.fordham.edu/academics/colleges__graduate_s/graduate__profession/arts__sciences/gsas_academics/communication_and_me/faculty/dr_lance_state_5118.asp Lance State short bio