[acc-cca-l] FW: Statement of the Canadian Journal of Communication on the passing of Jonathan Sterne.

[Michael Darroch]

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Dear CCA members,

Please find below the Canadian Journal of Communication’s statement on the passing of Jonathan Sterne.

With best wishes,
Mike Darroch (President of the Board) and Stuart Poyntz (Editor)

Michael Darroch, PhD
Associate Professor, Cinema & Media Arts – Keele Campus
Program Coordinator, Creative Technologies – Markham Campus
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Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 14:45
To: Michael Darroch <mdarroch at yorku.ca>
Subject: Statement of the Canadian Journal of Communication on the passing of Jonathan Sterne.
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Statement of the Canadian Journal of Communication on the passing of Jonathan Sterne




The Canadian Journal of Communication wishes to share our deepest condolences and respect following the passing of Dr. Jonathan Sterne, James McGill Professor of Culture and Technology at McGill University. Jonathan Sterne was a brilliant scholar, a warm and caring colleague and a dedicated mentor. His outstanding archival work and careful deliberations about the intersection of cultural, medial, and technological histories have influenced dozens of scholars and students around the world.



Scholars have long relied on his writings to engage students with the idea that media are not abstract or neutral objects, but are deeply integrated into our lives, our families, and our communities. His book, The Audible Past, is one of the most comprehensive archival studies of sound technologies. In his book, he re-published a fabulous image, “How Radio Broadcasting Travels.” It is from the 1920s and depicts how a broadcast transmitter room moves the sound of a theatre performer into thousands of homes. His point, as he wrote, is that the “medium does not mediate the relation between singer and listener, original and copy. It is the nature of their connection. Without the medium, there would be no connection, no copy, but also no original, or at least no original in the same form. The performance is for the medium itself. The singer sings to the microphone, to the network, not to the woman listening at the other end.”



His work on the history of the mp3 as a medium form is unrivalled. He had so much patience to do this work. We are all privileged to have engaged with a scholar of such acuity, and such a balanced and thoughtful approach to cultural, communicational, and medial histories. He will be missed dearly across many communities. In closing we offer deep respect for Dr. Carrie Rentschler who has accompanied and cared for Jonathan with utmost dignity through these hard times.



Michael Darroch, President, and Stuart Poyntz, Editor

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