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MEDIA ECOLOGY IN LITERATURE

Abstract

Media ecology limits itself to the study of the effects of the media environment on humans. I would like to expand the scope of media ecology to include the study of the impact of technology on the natural environment. There can be no printing press without paper. And paper, excuse me for stating the obvious, comes from trees. The raw material for every medium comes from nature. So the study of the impact of the printing press and other media on the natural environment is also a legitimate part of media ecology. In this paper, I would like to show that the study of media ecology in literature is in fact a necessary part of the oikopoetic method.