Description:Marshall McLuhan made many predictions in his seminal 1964 publication, "Understanding Media: Extensions of Man." Among them were his predictions that the Internet would become a -Global Village-, making us more interconnected than television; the closing of the gap between consumers and producers; the elimination of space and time as barriers to communication; and the melting of national borders. He is also famously remembered for coining the expression -the medium is the message-. These predictions form the genesis of this new volume by Robert Logan, a friend and colleague who worked with McLuhan. In "Understanding New Media" Logan expertly updates "Understanding Media" to analyze the -new media- McLuhan foreshadowed and yet was never able to analyze or experience. The book is designed to reach a new generation of readers as well as appealing to scholars and students who are familiar with "Understanding Media." Visit the companion website, understandingnewmedia.org, for the latest updates on this book."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Understanding New Media: Extending Marshall McLuhan. To get started finding Understanding New Media: Extending Marshall McLuhan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Understanding New Media: Extending Marshall McLuhan
Description: Marshall McLuhan made many predictions in his seminal 1964 publication, "Understanding Media: Extensions of Man." Among them were his predictions that the Internet would become a -Global Village-, making us more interconnected than television; the closing of the gap between consumers and producers; the elimination of space and time as barriers to communication; and the melting of national borders. He is also famously remembered for coining the expression -the medium is the message-. These predictions form the genesis of this new volume by Robert Logan, a friend and colleague who worked with McLuhan. In "Understanding New Media" Logan expertly updates "Understanding Media" to analyze the -new media- McLuhan foreshadowed and yet was never able to analyze or experience. The book is designed to reach a new generation of readers as well as appealing to scholars and students who are familiar with "Understanding Media." Visit the companion website, understandingnewmedia.org, for the latest updates on this book."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Understanding New Media: Extending Marshall McLuhan. To get started finding Understanding New Media: Extending Marshall McLuhan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.