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Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Understanding Media The Extensions of Man
Author: Marshall McLuhan
Understanding Media raises two fundamental questions about the modern world: what are communications and how do communications affect mankind? In answering these questions, Marshall McLuhan interprets the entire process of communication from the invention of movable type through the electronic age.
ISBN: 306921
Pages: 364
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Publisher: McGraw Hill
Book Type: Paperback
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This was required reading for a course in the 70's. Of course, there have been a few changes in the media. But McLuhan will probably be remembered for many of his ideas, and much of the book is still appropriate. A few interesting chapters: 4. The Gadget Lover; 7. Challenge and Collapse: the Nemesis of Creativity; 14. Money: the poor man's credit card; 22. Motorcar: The Mechanical Bride. 23. Ads: Keeping Upset with the Joneses.
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