Marshall McLuhan
Herbert Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian philosopher whose work is among the cornerstones of the study of media theory. Raised in Winnipeg, McLuhan studied at the University of Manitoba and the University of Cambridge. He began his teaching career as a professor of English at several universities in the United States and Canada before moving to the University of Toronto in 1946, where he remained for the rest of his life. He is known as "the father of media studies".
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Background
- Born in
- Edmonton
- Educated at
- University of ManitobaTrinity Hall
- Awards
- 🏆 Molson Prize🏆 Person of National Historic Significance
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Walter J. Ong
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Trending topics shown first"My main theme is the extension of the nervous system in the electric age, and thus, the complete break with five thousand years of mechanical technology. This I state over and over again. I do not say…"
"The alphabet, when pushed to a high degree of abstract visual intensity, became typography. The printed word with its specialist intensity burst the bonds of medieval corporate guilds and monasteries,…"
"Such is the content of the mental life of the Hemingway hero and the good guy in general. Every day he gets beaten into a servile pulp by his own mechanical reflexes, which are constantly busy registe…"
"As Narcissus fell in love with an outering of himself, man seems invariably to fall in love with the newest gadget or gimmick that is merely an extension of his own body."
"Environments are not just containers, but are processes that change the content totally."
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1911
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Birth1980
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