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McLuhan
[ muh-kloo-uhn ]
noun
- Marshall, 1911–80, Canadian cultural historian and mass-communications theorist.
McLuhan
/ məˈkluːən /
noun
- McLuhan(Herbert) Marshall19111980MCanadianWRITING: writerMISC: media analyst ( Herbert ) Marshall . 1911–80, Canadian author of works analysing the mass media, including Understanding Media (1964) and The Medium is the Message (1967)
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She came—it was like the Marshall McLuhan scene in Annie Hall.
Marshall McLuhan long ago argued the now accepted thesis that different mediums have different influences on thinking.
Aella asks the Marshall McLuhan question: “Why assume people want sex entertainment that mimics Hollywood movies?”
Vardi, an admirer of McLuhan, often tells us that the medium is the message.
Then there was the part that could quote Marshall McLuhan without Googling.
McLuhan's words, as familiar as they are, bear the imprint of his original thinking.
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