| #379876 in Books | imusti | 2005-09-26 | 2001-05-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.80 x.91 x5.08l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 400 pages | Routledge||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| This is the Famous Book Everyone Quotes but Few Have Read!|By GaryinBoston|This is the famous book so often referred to by a multitude of intellectuals who have never, well, actually read it! While I found the precursor to this book, "The Gutenberg Galaxy" to be more fascinating (and scholarly), Understanding Media is a must read for those seeking insight into the evolution of||'McLuhan sings of the furthest reaches of electronic culture, when computer technology has replaced language with instant nonverbal communication.' - Wired|About the Author|Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) Communications theor
When Marshall McLuhan first coined the phrases "global village" and "the medium is the message" in 1964, no-one could have predicted today's information-dependent planet. No-one, that is, except for a handful of science fiction writers and Marshall McLuhan. Understanding Media was written twenty years before the PC revolution and thirty years before the rise of the Internet. Yet McLuhan's insights into our engagement with a variety of media led to a complete ret...
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