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Media Research Technology, Art and Communication
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Routledge
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Routledge
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Herbert Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) received his PhD in English literature from Cambridge University and taught in the United States and Canada. He is best known, however, as the founding father of media studies. McLuhan was Director of the Center for Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto. Among his ground-breaking works on the psychic and social dimensions of communication... Read more
Essays by Marshall McLuhan, 1 Myth and Mass Media 2 The Electronic Age-The Age of Implosion 3 Acoustic Space 4 The Hot and Cool Interview 5 Radio and TV vs. The Abced-Minded 6 Notes on Burroughs 7 The End of the Work Ethic 8 The Relation of Environment to Anti-Environment 9 The Agenbite of Outwit 10 Culture Without Literacy. McLuhan's Language for Awareness under Electronic Conditions
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Edited by Michel Moos, Author Marshall McLuhan
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