Understanding Media The Extensions of Man Marshall McLuhan English

By:

McLuhan Marshall

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London MIT Press 1994Description: v-365 p. Soft bound 15*23 cmISBN:

978-0-262-63159-4

DDC classification:

23 302.23 MCL

Contents:

Medium is the message -- Media hot and cold -- Reversal of the overheated medium -- The gadget lover: Narcissus as narcosis -- Hybrid energy: les liaisons dangereuses -- Media as translators -- Challenge and collapse: the nemesis of creativity -- The spoken word: flower of evil? -- The written word: an eye for an ear -- Roads and paper routes -- Number: profile of the crowd -- Clothing: our extended skin -- Housing: new look and new outlook -- Money: the poor man's credit card -- Clocks: the scent of time -- The print: how to dig it -- Comics: Mad vestibule to TV -- The printed word: architect of nationalism -- Wheel, bicycle, and airplane -- The photograph: the brothel-without-walls -- Press: government by news leak -- Motorcar: the mechanical bride -- Ads: keeping upset with the Joneses -- Games: the extensions of man -- Telegraph: the social hormone -- The typewriter: into the age of the iron whim -- The telephone: sounding brass or tinkling symbol? -- The phonograph: the toy that shrank the national chest -- Movies: the reel world -- Radio: the tribal drum -- Television: the timid giant -- Weapons: war of the icons -- Automation: learning a living.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Tetso College Library Mass Communication	Non-fiction	302.23 MCL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		10785

Medium is the message --
Media hot and cold --
Reversal of the overheated medium --
The gadget lover: Narcissus as narcosis --
Hybrid energy: les liaisons dangereuses --
Media as translators --
Challenge and collapse: the nemesis of creativity --
The spoken word: flower of evil? --
The written word: an eye for an ear --
Roads and paper routes --
Number: profile of the crowd --
Clothing: our extended skin --
Housing: new look and new outlook --
Money: the poor man's credit card --
Clocks: the scent of time --
The print: how to dig it --
Comics: Mad vestibule to TV --
The printed word: architect of nationalism --
Wheel, bicycle, and airplane --
The photograph: the brothel-without-walls --
Press: government by news leak --
Motorcar: the mechanical bride --
Ads: keeping upset with the Joneses --
Games: the extensions of man --
Telegraph: the social hormone --
The typewriter: into the age of the iron whim --
The telephone: sounding brass or tinkling symbol? --
The phonograph: the toy that shrank the national chest --
Movies: the reel world --
Radio: the tribal drum --
Television: the timid giant --
Weapons: war of the icons --
Automation: learning a living.

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