Ebook: McLuhan For Beginners
- Tags: McLuhan Marshall -- 1911-1980. Mass media. Communication. Communication and technology. PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology. McLuhan Marshall -- 1911-1980
- Series: For beginners
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: For Beginners
- City: Newburyport
- Language: English
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Marshall McLuhan was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of the 20th century. He was so far ahead of his time that he predicted the future and offered a critique of human behavior in a media saturated world that is perhaps more valuable in today's Internet age than it was in his own time. McLuhan pioneered the study of Media, unified Art and Science, and warned us about the perils of a televised, Read more...
Abstract: Marshall McLuhan was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of the 20th century. He was so far ahead of his time that he predicted the future and offered a critique of human behavior in a media saturated world that is perhaps more valuable in today's Internet age than it was in his own time. McLuhan pioneered the study of Media, unified Art and Science, and warned us about the perils of a televised, computerized, famous-for-15-minutes, social media world. A world where we would live in each other's faces, and become so alike, so isolated, so anonymous that violence would become a screa