Articles
Articles
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“Worried About the Effect of Modern Technology on Kids?” History News Network, 5/28/19. “https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/168854
“’Text Me When You Get There’: Digital Kids, Helicopter Parents, and the Promises and Perils of Twenty-First Century Childhood” – Guest Post, Society for the History of Childhood and Youth, June 29, 2016,
“Concerning Printed Poison”: Nineteenth Century American Adults’ Ambivalence about Children’s Interactions with Cheap Fiction.” Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, 8 (2)(2015), pp. 211-228.
Margaret Cassidy (2011), "Pernicious Stuff": Nineteenth Century Media, the Children Who Loved Them, and the Adults Who Worried about Them. ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 68, 304-315.
Margaret Cassidy (2001), Historical Perspectives on Teaching, Technology, and American Public Education. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Instructional Technology and Teacher Education.
Margaret Cassidy (2001), Preparing Educational Leaders to Cultivate the Meaningful Use of Instructional Technology: Beyond Budgets and Basic Training. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Instructional Technology and Teacher Education.
Margaret Cassidy (2000), Cyber-Citizenship: A Consideration of the Role of the Internet in American Politics. Conference Proceedings of the National Communication Association conference, 鈥淐ommunicating Politics: Engaging the Public in Campaign 2000 and Beyond.
Margaret Cassidy (1998), Historical Perspectives on Teaching with Technology in K-12 Schools. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 6.
Conference Presentations
Conference Presentations
"Perspectives on Politics and the Future of Democracy" - National Communication Association, Denver, CO, November 22, 2025
“Where Have All the Photos Gone? Digital Media and the Uncertain Future of Time-Binding” – New York State Communication Association Conference, Callicoon, NY, October 18, 2025.
“Talking Tombstones, Revisited: Family Time-Binding in the Grief Tech Era” – New York State Communication Association Conference, Callicoon, NY, October 19, 2025.
“Why General Semantics?” – plenary session at Media Ecology Association Convention, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, June 5, 2025.
40th Anniversary panel on Joshua Meyrowitz’ No Sense of Place: The Impact of Electronic Media on Social Behavior – plenary session at Media Ecology Association Convention, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, June 5, 2025.
“Talking Tombstones, Revisited: The Media Ecology of Family Time-Binding” – Media Ecology Association Convention, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, June 7, 2025.
“Science and Sanity at 90+: Korzybski’s Classic Work Revisited” – International Communication Association Convention, Denver, CO, June 14, 2025.
“General Semantics Solutions to Contemporary Problems: A Review of Recent Books from the Institute of General Semantics” – Eastern Communication Association, Buffalo, NY, April 29, 2025.
“Network of Fellowship, Debate and Exchange: Amateur Journalism and Nineteenth Century American Youth Culture” - European Communication Research and Education Association, Media History Workshop: Communication Networks Before and After the Web: Historical and Long-Term Perspectives. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, February 6, 2025.
"Science and Sanity at 90+: Korzybski's Classic Work Reconsidered" - National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November 23, 2024.
"Kinkeepers and the Media and Methods of Family Time-Binding" - Institute of General Semantics Symposium, New York, NY, September 21, 2024.
“Amateur Journalism and Youth Perspectives on the Reconstruction-Era Suffrage Debate” – Southern History of Education Society, Allen University, Columbia, SC, March 15, 2024.
"What is 'Student Success,' Anyway?" - Institute of General Semantics Symposium, New York, NY, October 23, 2023.
“The Blackboard Revolution: Nineteenth Century Educational Apparatus and Public School Reform” – Southern History of Education Society, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, March 24, 2023.
“Filling in the Blanks: Restoring Collective Memory After Pandemic Disruptions” -- Media Ecology Association, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 8, 2022.
“All Things to All People: The Overlapping Boundaries of the Networked Self” – International Communication Association, Paris, France, May 28, 2022.
“Historical Perspectives on Teens and Social Media: When Old Media Were New” -- European Conference on Social Media, Limerick Institute of Technology, Limerick, Ireland, June 22, 2018
“Earning Their Place at the Soda Shop Counter: The Labor and Consumption of Working Class Youth in Victorian-Era American Cities” – Symposium on Work and Consumption in the 19th-21st Centuries, Centre de Recherches Sociologiques et Politiques de Paris, Université de Paris Est Créteil, April 28, 2017.
“Victorian-Era Media and the Children Who Loved Them: The Shifting Media Environment of Nineteenth Century Childhood” -- British Association for Victorian Studies, University of Cardiff, Wales, September 1, 2016.
“Children and Media History: From Hornbook to Facebook” – Athens Institute for Education and Research, International Conference on Communications and Mass Media, Athens, Greece, May 11, 2015
"Hornbook, Picture Book, Comic Book, Facebook: Historical Perspectives on New Media and Childhood" - American Studies Association, Baltimore, MD, October 2011.
"From Hornbook to Facebook: The Changing Media Environment of American Childhood and American Public Education" - History of Education Society, Cambridge, MA, November 2011.
Margaret Cassidy (2010). Pernicious Stuff: 19th Century Media, the Children Who Loved Them, and the Adults Who Worried About Them. Institute of General Semantics, 58th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture & Symposium. New York, NY.
Margaret Cassidy (2010). Historical Perspectives on the Changing Media Environment of Children. Eastern Communication Association. Baltimore, MD.
Margaret Cassidy (2009). Interactions with Education: K-12 Media Literacy and Educational Technology Projects. Eastern Communication Association. Philadelphia, PA.
Margaret Cassidy, Anna Akerman, Terrence Ross (2007). Cyber Bullying vs. Family Media Legends: Threats and Opportunities of Technology in the Contemporary Educational Landscape. Teach, Think, Play: Popular Culture in the Classroom. Teachers College, Columbia University. New York, NY.
Margaret Cassidy (2005). Appearances of Childhood. Media Ecology Association. New York, NY.
Margaret Cassidy (2004). From the Media Ecology Bookstore. New York State Communication Association. Kerhonkson, NY.
Margaret Cassidy (2001). Ethics and Educational Technology. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Boston, MA.
Invited Presentations
Invited Presentations
“Roundtable: What Crisis Has Shaped Your Teaching?” – New York State Communication Association Conference, Callicoon, NY, October 17, 2025.
“Administrators’ Workshop: Embracing Change in Changing Times” – New York State Communication Association Conference, Callicoon, NY, October 19, 2025.
“Back to School: Getting Our Bearings for a New Year” – New York Society for General Semantics, New York, NY, September 10, 2025.
“This Baffling Department of Human Activity: Exploring the Dimensions of Creative Expression” – New York Society for General Semantics, New York, NY, December 11, 2024
"Semantic Environments of Psychotherapy: From AI to Zoom" - New York Society for General Semantics, New York, NY, October 16, 2024.
“General Semantics Olympics” – New York Society for General Semantics, New York, NY, July 17, 2024
“What’s Going On With Education” – panel discussion, New York Society for General Semantics, New York, NY, January 12, 2024
“Past Presidents Plenary” – Media Ecology Association, Pontifical University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 10, 2022
