Understanding Media
Marshall McLuhan
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Paperback. Understanding Media: the most important book ever written on communication. Ignore its message at your peril. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 446.
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 rethinking of our entire society. He believed that the message of electronic media foretold the end of humanity as it was known. In 1964, this looked like the ... Read more
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
Routledge Classics
Condition
New
Weight
424g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415253970
SKU
V9780415253970
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
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99-25
About Marshall McLuhan
Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) Communications theorist, born in Canada. He is known as the original "high guru" of media culture and appeared in Woody Allen's Annie Hall as himself.
Reviews for Understanding Media
'He belongs to that small group of radical dreamers and thinkers who are trying to realize and explore the altered conditions of modern existence ... When the growth of post-Einsteinian mythologies is recorded, McLuhan's work will have its distinct place. He stands at the frontier.' - George Steiner, The Times Literary Supplement 'Understanding Media is still the essential ... Read more