Synopsis
Executive Severance, Book 1 of The Twitstery Twilogy, while a work of fiction, is delightfully full of references to Media Ecology, and especially to Marshall McLuhan. You don't have to be a media ecologist to love Executive Severance, or laugh at Blechman's extraordinary sense of humor, but if you are now or ever have been one, you will get a great deal of added enjoyment from your reading experience.
What makes the print edition of Executive Severance truly exceptional is the amazing illustrations that accompany the story, produced by the acclaimed cartoonist, David Arshawsky.
-Lance Strate, author of On the Binding Biases of Time and Other Essays on GeneralSemantics and Media Ecology
About the Author
Robert K. Blechman graduated from the University of Chicagowith a BA in English Literature and earned an MBA in Finance and a Ph.D. inMedia Ecology (Media and Communications Studies) from New York University.His doctoral research concerned the impact of advertising on our culture.
In senior management positions, Dr. Blechman led technologysupport operations at Columbia University Medical Center, PricewaterhouseCoopersLLP, HarperCollins Publishers, Olympia & York Real Estate Management andCBS News.
Dr. Blechman recently taught Fordham University courses on "SocialMedia", "Digital Media & Cyber Culture and "Introduction toCommunication Theory." His article "The Savage Mind on MadisonAvenue: A Structural Analysis of Television Advertising" appeared in ETC.,a journal of General Semantics.
He posts his Media Ecological musings on his blog "A Model Media Ecologist" at
robertkblechman.blogspot.com
and on his Twitstery Twilogy companion blog "Whale Fire" at
executiveseverance.blogspot.com
Robert K. Blechman is available for select readings and lectures. He continues to tweet at @RKBs_Twitstery, discusses his Media Ecology musings at his blog, "A Model Media Ecologist" at robertkblechman.blogspot.com, and has just released sequels to Executive Severance, The Golden Parachute, and I Tweet, Therefore I Am.
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