author, New New Media, to be published by Penguin/Pearson summer 2009
Greater New York City Area
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- author: New New Media book at Pearson, Allyn & Bacon
- podcaster at Mevio
- blogger and podcaster at Self-employed
- author: Cellphone: The Story of the World's Most Mobile Medium at St. Martin's Press/Palgrave
- Professor at Fordham University
- author (science fiction) at Tor Books
- author (media history and theory) at Routledge
- author (science fiction stories) at Analog Science Fiction and Fact
- President at Happysad Records
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- media commentator at KNX 1070 all-news radio
- writer at Blogcritics
- postie at Payperpost
- author at Benbella Books
- President at Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- President at Connected Education, Inc.
- Editor-in-Chief at Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems
- writer at Wired
- faculty at New School for Social Research
- faculty at Western Behavioral Sciences Institute
- Associate Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University
- intern at Hill & Knowlton
- Education
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- New York University
- New School University
- New York University
- City University of New York City College
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Paul Levinson’s Summary
My eight nonfiction books, including The Soft Edge (1997), Digital McLuhan (1999), Realspace (2003), and Cellphone (2004), have been the subject of major articles in the New York Times, Wired, the Christian Science Monitor, and have been translated into nine languages. New New Media will be published in 2009. I appear on "The O'Reilly Factor" (Fox News), "The CBS Evening News," " Scarborough Country" (MSNBC), the "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" (PBS), "Nightline" (ABC) and numerous national and international TV and radio programs. I was interviewed about media issues every Sunday, 7:20am, on KNX1070 All News Radio in Southern California, streaming live on www.knx1070.com , from 2006-2008, and have been quoted thousands of times in major newspapers around the world. I'm author of five science fiction novels. The Silk Code won the Locus Award for Best First Novel of 1999. I've since published Borrowed Tides (2001), The Consciousness Plague (2002), The Pixel Eye (2003), and The Plot To Save Socrates (2006). My science fiction and mystery short stories have been nominated for Nebula, Hugo, Edgar, and Sturgeon Awards. I maintain several blogs, most notably InfiniteRegress.tv, and produce several podcasts, the best known of which are Light On Light Through and Levinson News Clips. I'm Professor of Communication & Media Studies at Fordham University in New York City.
Paul Levinson’s Specialties:
writing great stuff - nonfiction, fiction, anything - at lightning speed; talking on radio and television; teaching; songwriting, recording, singing harmony
Paul Levinson’s Experience
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author: New New Media book
Pearson, Allyn & Bacon
(Public Company; PSO; Publishing industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
author of New New Media book - to be published in Summer 2009 by Penguin/Pearson, Allyn & Bacon.
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podcaster
Mevio
(Entertainment industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
Mevio hosts my podcast, Levinson News Clips, reviewing Lost, Heroes, 24, True Blood, Weeds and the best of television
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blogger and podcaster
Self-employed
(Writing and Editing industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
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author: Cellphone: The Story of the World's Most Mobile Medium
St. Martin's Press/Palgrave
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)
2004 — Present (5 years)
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Professor
Fordham University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1998 — Present (10 years 11 months)
Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies
Chair of Department, 2002-2008
Director, Graduate Program, 2000-2002 -
author (science fiction)
Tor Books
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
January 1998 — Present (11 years 7 months)
Tor published the following novels by me: The Silk Code (1999), Borrowed Tides (2001), The Consciousness Plague (2002), The Pixel Eye (2004), and The Plot to Save Socrates (2006)
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author (media history and theory)
Routledge
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)
January 1997 — Present (12 years 7 months)
author of the following books published by Routledge: The Soft Edge: A Natural History and Future of the Information Revolution (1997); Digital McLuhan: A Guide to the Information Millennium (1999); RealSpace: The Fate of Physical Presence in the Digital Age, On and Off Planet (2003)
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author (science fiction stories)
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
(Publishing industry)
February 1995 — Present (14 years 6 months)
Analog Magazine has published more than a dozen of my science fiction stories and articles. "Unburning Alexandria," the novelette sequel to The Plot to Save Socrates, will be published by Analog in the Fall, 2008
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President
Happysad Records
(Music industry)
1971 — Present (38 years)
small, independent record company that Ed Fox and I founded in 1971 to distribute our album, Twice Upon A Rhyme, and our single, "Merri-Goes-Round". Ed left in 1972. The company is still in existence - mainly selling original vinyls of the Twice Upon A Rhyme. Tina Vozick and I are its proprietors.
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media commentator
KNX 1070 all-news radio
(Broadcast Media industry)
July 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 8 months)
Los Angeles CBS radio station - all news - broadcast every Sunday morning, 7:20am Pacific time, and streaming live at www.knx1070.com ... interviewed about major issues ...
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writer
Blogcritics
(Writing and Editing industry)
2007 — October 2007 (less than a year)
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postie
Payperpost
(Writing and Editing industry)
2007 — October 2007 (less than a year)
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author
Benbella Books
(Public Company; Writing and Editing industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year)
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President
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
December 1998 — June 2001 (2 years 7 months)
elected President of science fiction and fantasy writers association
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President
Connected Education, Inc.
(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)
1985 — 1998 (13 years)
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Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems
(Writing and Editing industry)
1990 — 1998 (8 years)
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writer
Wired
(Writing and Editing industry)
1993 — 1996 (3 years)
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faculty
New School for Social Research
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)
1982 — 1995 (13 years)
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faculty
Western Behavioral Sciences Institute
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)
1984 — 1990 (6 years)
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Associate Professor
Fairleigh Dickinson University
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)
1975 — 1985 (10 years)
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intern
Hill & Knowlton
(Public Company; Writing and Editing industry)
1974 — 1974 (less than a year)
Paul Levinson’s Education
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New York University
PhD , Media Ecology , 1976 — 1979
doctoral dissertation - "Human Replay: A Theory of the Evolution of Media" (1979) - predicted the iPhone ... "the wireless, portable evolution of media should continue to the point of providing any individual with access to all the information of the planet, from any place on the planet, indoors and outdoors, and of course even beyond the planet itself as communication extends into the solar system and cosmos beyond."
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New School University
MA , Media Studies , 1975 — 1976
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New York University
BA , Journalism , 1974 — 1975
transferred most of my undergrad credits in from City College of New York
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City University of New York City College
Sociology 1963 — 1967
left without graduating to write songs and produce records ... completed my BA in 1975 at New York University
Additional Information
Paul Levinson’s Websites:
Paul Levinson’s Groups:
SFWA, science fiction writers, Pownce, mutual interest in new media & tv
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Internet World - Future of Social Media -
ACAP - THE ASSOCIATION OF CABLE ACCESS PRODUCERS -
UniGalactic Space Travel Magazine
Paul Levinson’s Honors:
Neil Postman Award, Outstanding Public Intellectual
Media Ecology Assoc, 2005
Quotes in 1st Amendment Calendar, 2005, 2007, Freedom Forum
"Teacher of the Year" Award, Graduate Student Assoc, Fordham Univ, 2003-2004
Mary Shelley Award for Best Novel
(The Consciousness Plague)
Media Ecology Assoc, 2003
Edgar Nominee (radio play Chronology Protection Case),
Mystery Writers of America, 2003
Lewis Mumford Award for Outstanding Scholarship
(Digital McLuhan: A Guide to the Information Millennium)
Media Ecology Assoc, 2000.
Locus Award for Best First Novel (The Silk Code) 1999, Locus Magazine
Hugo Nominee (Loose Ends), World Science Fiction Assoc, 1998
Nebula Nominee
Loose Ends 1998
Copyright Notice Case 1998
Chronology Protection Case 1997
Science Fiction Writers of America
Nomination, Computerworld-Smithsonian Pioneer in Info Tech Award, 1993
"Faculty Member of the Year," Teaneck Campus, FDU, 1981-1982.
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