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Marshall McLuhan

Born

in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

July 21, 1911

Died

December 31, 1980

Genre

Literary Criticism, Media, Culture

Influences

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Canadian cultural critic and communications theorist Herbert Marshall McLuhan maintained more influence of the method of communicating than the information on the public and coined the expression, "the medium is the message," in his book Understanding Media (1964).

This companion of the order of Canada, educator, philosopher, and scholar worked as a professor of English literature. People view work of McLuhan as a cornerstones of the study of media theory. He coined the "global village." ...more

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Marshall McLuhan’s books

Average rating: 4.01 · 22,525 ratings · 1,158 reviews · 161 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan, Quentin Fiore, Shepard Fairey (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 15,900 ratings — published 1967 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan, Lewis H. Lapham 4.10 avg rating — 3,671 ratings — published 1964 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man 4.15 avg rating — 1,095 ratings — published 1962 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War and Peace in the Global Village by Marshall McLuhan, Quentin Fiore 3.93 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 1968 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man by Marshall McLuhan, Philip B. Meggs (Introduction) 4.02 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 1951 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Global Village: Transformations in World Life and Media in the 21st Century 4.10 avg rating — 269 ratings — published 1989 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Essential McLuhan by Marshall McLuhan, Eric McLuhan, Frank Zingrone 4.09 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laws of Media: The New Science by Marshall McLuhan, Eric McLuhan 4.08 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Understanding Me: Lectures and Interviews by Marshall McLuhan, David Staines (Editor), Stephanie Mcluhan (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Medium and the Message: Understanding the Information World 4.38 avg rating — 58 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Marshall McLuhan (?)

“I don't necessarily agree with everything that I say.”
― Marshall McLuhan

tags: humorous

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“Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.”
― Marshall McLuhan

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“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”
― Marshall McLuhan

tags: creativity, shape, tools, work

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