false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg 126274 23 With a new introduction by Lewis H. Lapham This reissue of Understanding Media marks the thirtieth anniversary (1964-1994) of Marshall McLuhan's classic expose on the state of the then emerging phenomenon of mass media. Terms and phrases such as "the global village" and "the medium is the message" are now part of the lexicon, and McLuhan's theories continue to challenge our sensibilities and our assumptions about how and what we communicate. There has been a notable resurgence of interest in McLuhan's work in the last few years, fueled by the recent and continuing conjunctions between the cable companies and the regional phone companies, the appearance of magazines such as WiRed, and the development of new media models and information ecologies, many of which were spawned from MIT's Media Lab. In effect, media now begs to be redefined. In a new introduction to this edition of Understanding Media, Harper's editor Lewis Lapham reevaluates McLuhan's work in the light of the technological as well as the political and social changes that have occurred in the last part of this century. 1263946 1964 Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man total:366|5:132|4:138|3:78|2:16|1:2| 366 1480 641 52 25961 1584230738 9781584230731 27 5 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772481m/25961.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25961.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man_Critical_Edition 0 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 09:53:35 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 10:05:48 -0700 2009
First, I found it dated. The media has advanced far beyond the state that McLuhn cover...more...]]> 25961 1584230738 9781584230731 27 5 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772481m/25961.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25961.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man_Critical_Edition 3 1 false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Jun 11 10:18:21 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 10:28:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 5 0 false Tue Mar 10 13:08:45 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 13:36:27 -0700 2009
Reading McLuhan is indeed a little like reading stereo a...more...]]> 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 3 0 false Sat Nov 22 15:51:47 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 15:57:26 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 4 0 false Wed Oct 07 11:41:37 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 11:34:38 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 11:41:37 -0700 2009
But for the most part, I pretty much agree with everything McLuhan says, and I'm often surprised how he's predicted the digi...more...]]> 126276 0415253977 9780415253970 47 7 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912274m/126276.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126276.Understanding_Media_The_Extension_of_Man 3 0 false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 10 05:48:46 -0800 2009 Sat Jul 04 09:50:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 4 0 false Sun Jul 20 08:20:27 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 08:22:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 25961 1584230738 9781584230731 27 5 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772481m/25961.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25961.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man_Critical_Edition 5 0 false Thu Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Mar 18 22:57:51 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 22:58:20 -0700 2008 The back of the book says "infuriating, brilliant and incoherent" and I say yes.
THe is "the media is the message" which means to say all media, writing most importantly, but magazines, TV, movies, books, even weapons, cities, clothes all impart in...more...]]> 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 14:53:13 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 09:43:38 -0800 2009 Hamlet, watch it in a theater, see a movie version, or see it on TV?" His answer is an emphatic yes. So while some of his work seems a little dated, McLuhan still gets a lot of credit for prodding people...more...]]> 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 0 0 false Wed Nov 04 12:57:10 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 12:59:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 4 0 false Sat Dec 13 10:10:20 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 10:14:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 0 0 false Tue Jul 14 21:43:02 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 21:43:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 0 0 false Fri Aug 28 18:26:59 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 18:28:26 -0700 2009 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 5 0 false Tue Jun 10 10:50:29 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 10:50:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 3 0 false Sun Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Mar 26 17:18:31 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 17:18:42 -0700 2009 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 4 0 false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 09:42:41 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 09:50:25 -0700 2009 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 5 0 false Mon Oct 20 20:19:20 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 21:35:04 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 20:19:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 3 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Aug 08 08:29:12 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 08:29:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 0 0 false Sun Jul 05 09:27:30 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 09:50:40 -0700 2009 126274 0262631598 9780262631594 281 39 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171912273m/126274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media_The_Extensions_of_Man 5 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 20:19:50 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 20:21:14 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=126274