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 - 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 - Ronald - GoodreadsWow. Talk about a difficult book to read and understand. Looking back, his 1960's insights into the "electric age" are amazing. The stuff this guy anticipated before cable tv, internet, and email ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Felhasználói ismertető - Andrew Ives - GoodreadsApparently one of Canada's brightest minds, McLuhan seems to try to baffle the reader with overly-complex rhetoric about even the simplest of subjects. Take the chapter on comics for instance: this ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions Of Man
Felhasználói ismertető - Ryan - GoodreadsI found this book to be pretty difficult to get through. For two reasons - a) the ideas within are kind of radical to think about and b) it's not very well written. I say I "liked it" because it was ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Felhasználói ismertető - Jason - GoodreadsMore in depth review coming, but McLuhan makes much of a distinction between oral culture, writing culture and print culture. He extends this to the change that comes with electronic media (Ong's ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
Review: Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Felhasználói ismertető - Adam - Goodreads"The classified ads (and stock-market quotations) are the bedrock of the press. Should an alternative source of easy access to such diverse daily information be found, the press will fold." McLuhan ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
