Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Felhasználói ismertető - Joy - Goodreads"As the printing press cried out for nationalism, so did the radio cry out for tribalism." This is just a small taste of the highly comedic historical generalizations that await you in reading this ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Felhasználói ismertető - Ugh - GoodreadsThis made for a very frustrating reading experience. At times McLuhan has a tremendously opaque writing style, preferring to make many of his assertions first through others' words in great ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Felhasználói ismertető - Joshua - GoodreadsThis was a frustrating read. Lots of intriguing ideas, but presented with vague language and very little supporting evidence. Sometimes while reading it I was unsure if I was reading the profound ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Felhasználói ismertető - Bucket - GoodreadsMcLuhan wrote this in the 1960s to describe the state of media (which was then beginning to take on its still rapidly evolving electronic form. He coins now well-known phrases like "the medium is the ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Felhasználói ismertető - Elisabeth - GoodreadsI've pulled it out of a box to re-read after almost forty years! I remember being so intrigued by this when it was first popular. Fascinating book by the man famous for saying "the medium is the ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Felhasználói ismertető - GoodreadsMcLuhan is a nut. 50% of what he says is completely unintelligible bollocks, 20% of it is kind of interesting throw-away, and the other 30% is the most forward-thinking genius that has yet to be ...
Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Felhasználói ismertető - Russell - GoodreadsIt's hard for me to comment on Understanding Media because I've never read anything quite like it. It's really just a whole bunch of somewhat connected thoughts, observations, and statements. There ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man-Critical Edition
Felhasználói ismertető - Mike Jensen - GoodreadsThis is one of the most important books of social theory from the middle of the last century, so why didn't I finish it? After all, it is about time I finally got around to it since I write about ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Felhasználói ismertető - Rick - GoodreadsReading MacLuhan is sort of like reading shakespeare. At first you're like "These words mean nothing I am confused." Then, slowly, his alternative lingo and radically different ways of looking at ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Felhasználói ismertető - GoodreadsI would think of this book like a set of tools. McLuhan is providing the reader with a way to better understand and analyze the way the world is changing, technology-wise. I think the first section of ...
