Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Lewis H. Lapham, Marshall McLuhan

Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man



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Page: 396
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Publisher: The MIT Press
ISBN: 0262631598, 9780262631594


During the mechanical ages we had. After three thousand years of explosion, by means of fragmentary and mechanical technologies, the Western world is imploding. By writing that “the medium is not the message” I am having a bit of punning fun with the famous quote nugget from Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964). With a new introduction by Lewis H. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitas on 1 November 2012. Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, 1964. As observed by Marshall McLuhan in Understanding Media: The Extension of Man: it is not the machine, but what one does with the machine, that is its meaning or message. 2) “The medium is the message.” (Season 1, episode 6, “Babylon”) Joan said this line this four years before Marshall McLuhan introduced the phrase, in his 1964 book, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. 2014 will be the 50th anniversary of the publication of Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, arguably the most important book on media published within the last half century. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. McLuhan: Understanding Media, Part 1 McLuhan (2011) writes, “the point of this myth is the fact that men at once become fascinated by any extension of themselves in any material other than themselves” (p. €�Some years ago, a child was asked whether he liked radio or television best. I recently read the book 'Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man' by Marshall McLuhan.