What was your activity? Please be specific on what you asked the class to do and what you hoped it would accomplish. Part one of our activity was to listen to the song video killed the radio star and answer questions on how it related to Mcluhan’s theories. This was an attempt to demonstrate the …
Tag: media theory
Apr 02
Media Theory
In chapter one of Marshall Mcluhan’s book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, Mcluhan delves into the deeper questions of how culture is shaped by the mediums for messages within society. Citing electricity, he examines how it has revolutionized technology in allowing for instantaneous reception of information. Rather than thinking of electricity solely in terms …