Name: Understanding Media
Rating: 3.818181818181818 (11 reviews)

Marshall McLuhan

A reissue of McLuhan's expose from 1964 on the state of the then emerging phenomenon of mass media

The Extensions of Man

Understanding Media

MARSHALL AUTOR MCLUHAN

Investigates the effects of electronic communications on modern man and his culture, and contends that emerging technologies create new paradigms of feeling and thought.

Ron Bronson

This was a eerily prophetic and yet tough slog all at once. Getting a dogeared library copy was the best because the relevant quotes were highlighted like crazy.

I walked away inspired by his thinking, but wonder if we'd pay attention to someone like this today talking about the future? Jaron Lanier's books come to mind but he's way more focused.

Understanding Media The Extensions of Man

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