Andrew Chrystall
Biographic Data
| ID | 1633910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Chrystall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Chrystall |
| SIGNATURE | CHRYSTALL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massey University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4535-3742 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Revisiting “Communication Theory as a Field”
This article revisits Robert T. Craig’s “Communication Theory as a Field” on its 25th anniversary to reassess its relevance for contemporary communication studies. It foregrounds mediation and communication technologies’ role in shaping how scholars think and write about communication. Focusing on the 1990s media environment, the analysis draws on Walter Ong’s insights into the sensory, technological, and historical conditions of knowledge produc…
Reweaving the Spaces of Inter-Cultural Dialogue in Post-Treaty New Zealand/Aotearoa
This study explores cross-cultural dialogue between Māori and settler colonials through the lens of Emily Karaka’s paintings. Karaka’s paintings are used to probe and reveal the colonial roots of spatial organization at the site where they are displayed. Building on parallels between the life of Karaka’s paintings and Treaty of Waitangi documents, this study finds that post-Treaty dialogue between Māori and settler colonials takes place in spaces…
McLuhan | Havelock | metaphysics
The McLuhan Havelock correspondence turns on a question about the meaning(s) of events that transpired in Greece during the Archaic and High-Classical period – perhaps the only time and circumstance in which the metaphysical and independent human being had been able to manifest themself amidst the vast amorphous resonance of tribal culture. Here, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary issue of Explorations in Media Ecology , this article uses th…
A Second Way to Read McLuhan’s Footnotes to Innis
Background Marshall McLuhan claimed his work was a footnote to Harold A. Innis. His claims have been used to argue that McLuhan and Innis offer a coherent system of thought, with a systematic methodology and common set of basic assumptions and presuppositions. This article questions that species of argument and looks to deepen our understanding of the McLuhan-Innis relationship. Analysis McLuhan is read as an analogist, and his footnotes (plural)…
Media ecologist and politician: An interview with Phil Rose
King Konsumer: Menippean satire, spectatorship, sacrifice and consumption
Menippean satires (Bakhtin’s ‘spoudo-geloion’) satirize their audience(s) directly. By playfully attacking the sensibility and/or perceptions, Menippean satires seek to reveal readers to themselves enabling them to see themselves and their world(s) more clearly. To date, however, the study of the Menippean tradition has largely been restricted to works of literature and canonical authors such as Lucian, Varro, Rabelais, Swift, Joyce, McLuhan and …
We need more imposters
Whose voice(s) can be heard today let alone confront technopoly? How can or should the sensitive, balanced, integral and perceptually equipped individual (aka the would-be critic and/or media activist) contend with the stresses resulting from the psychological effects of alienation from an irrational, decaying and vicious society and simultaneous impulse to merge with the media? This retrospective offers an exploration of how and why the early-Mc…
The later-McLuhan’s dialogue with the church
This article provides a retrospective of the later-McLuhan’s dialogue with the Christian community and seeks to demonstrate how one facet of McLuhan’s enterprise was orientated towards enabling the Church to perform a media ecological role as an anti-environment in the era of ‘discarnate man [sic]’. The value of this retrospective is, primarily, historical. This case study of media ecological praxis provides a fresh perspective on McLuhan’s proce…
E-Nose for News: Archaeology of a Mode of Perception
Many journalists claim to have a “nose for news.” This metaphor, where a body part is used in a transferred sense for metaphorical change has occupied a central place in journalists' discourses. It appears to express something essential about their identity, profession, practice, and how they “see” and experience the world. This article uses the figure/ground approach of Marshall McLuhan to inform an exploration of the “nose for news” metaphor. B…
E-Nose for News: Archaeology of a Mode of Perception
Many journalists claim to have a “nose for news.” This metaphor, where a body part is used in a transferred sense for metaphorical change has occupied a central place in journalists' discourses. It appears to express something essential about their identity, profession, practice, and how they “see” and experience the world. This article uses the figure/ground approach of Marshall McLuhan to inform an exploration of the “nose for news” metaphor. B…
The later-McLuhan’s dialogue with the church
This article provides a retrospective of the later-McLuhan’s dialogue with the Christian community and seeks to demonstrate how one facet of McLuhan’s enterprise was orientated towards enabling the Church to perform a media ecological role as an anti-environment in the era of ‘discarnate man [sic]’. The value of this retrospective is, primarily, historical. This case study of media ecological praxis provides a fresh perspective on McLuhan’s proce…
McLuhan | Havelock | metaphysics
The McLuhan Havelock correspondence turns on a question about the meaning(s) of events that transpired in Greece during the Archaic and High-Classical period – perhaps the only time and circumstance in which the metaphysical and independent human being had been able to manifest themself amidst the vast amorphous resonance of tribal culture. Here, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary issue of Explorations in Media Ecology , this article uses th…
E-Nose for News: Archaeology of a Mode of Perception
Many journalists claim to have a “nose for news.” This metaphor, where a body part is used in a transferred sense for metaphorical change has occupied a central place in journalists' discourses. It appears to express something essential about their identity, profession, practice, and how they “see” and experience the world. This article uses the figure/ground approach of Marshall McLuhan to inform an exploration of the “nose for news” metaphor. B…
The later-McLuhan’s dialogue with the church
This article provides a retrospective of the later-McLuhan’s dialogue with the Christian community and seeks to demonstrate how one facet of McLuhan’s enterprise was orientated towards enabling the Church to perform a media ecological role as an anti-environment in the era of ‘discarnate man [sic]’. The value of this retrospective is, primarily, historical. This case study of media ecological praxis provides a fresh perspective on McLuhan’s proce…
We need more imposters
Whose voice(s) can be heard today let alone confront technopoly? How can or should the sensitive, balanced, integral and perceptually equipped individual (aka the would-be critic and/or media activist) contend with the stresses resulting from the psychological effects of alienation from an irrational, decaying and vicious society and simultaneous impulse to merge with the media? This retrospective offers an exploration of how and why the early-Mc…
King Konsumer: Menippean satire, spectatorship, sacrifice and consumption
Menippean satires (Bakhtin’s ‘spoudo-geloion’) satirize their audience(s) directly. By playfully attacking the sensibility and/or perceptions, Menippean satires seek to reveal readers to themselves enabling them to see themselves and their world(s) more clearly. To date, however, the study of the Menippean tradition has largely been restricted to works of literature and canonical authors such as Lucian, Varro, Rabelais, Swift, Joyce, McLuhan and …
Media ecologist and politician: An interview with Phil Rose
A Second Way to Read McLuhan’s Footnotes to Innis
Background Marshall McLuhan claimed his work was a footnote to Harold A. Innis. His claims have been used to argue that McLuhan and Innis offer a coherent system of thought, with a systematic methodology and common set of basic assumptions and presuppositions. This article questions that species of argument and looks to deepen our understanding of the McLuhan-Innis relationship. Analysis McLuhan is read as an analogist, and his footnotes (plural)…
McLuhan | Havelock | metaphysics
The McLuhan Havelock correspondence turns on a question about the meaning(s) of events that transpired in Greece during the Archaic and High-Classical period – perhaps the only time and circumstance in which the metaphysical and independent human being had been able to manifest themself amidst the vast amorphous resonance of tribal culture. Here, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary issue of Explorations in Media Ecology , this article uses th…
Reweaving the Spaces of Inter-Cultural Dialogue in Post-Treaty New Zealand/Aotearoa
This study explores cross-cultural dialogue between Māori and settler colonials through the lens of Emily Karaka’s paintings. Karaka’s paintings are used to probe and reveal the colonial roots of spatial organization at the site where they are displayed. Building on parallels between the life of Karaka’s paintings and Treaty of Waitangi documents, this study finds that post-Treaty dialogue between Māori and settler colonials takes place in spaces…
Revisiting “Communication Theory as a Field”
This article revisits Robert T. Craig’s “Communication Theory as a Field” on its 25th anniversary to reassess its relevance for contemporary communication studies. It foregrounds mediation and communication technologies’ role in shaping how scholars think and write about communication. Focusing on the 1990s media environment, the analysis draws on Walter Ong’s insights into the sensory, technological, and historical conditions of knowledge produc…
Philosophy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Media, Communication, and Education (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works)