Media professor/expert Paul Levinson on new media influence

[TheTTBT]

McLuhan embraced becoming a different/new intellectual, rooted in the old syntax of classical intellectualism and its accompanying privacy. This explains the feeling of newness in his conjecture regarding media patterns as well as the acoustic "re-cognition" of his epiphany via the Thunder portmanteau's of James Joyce in his great work "Finnegan's Wake".

[benfoshable]

@TheTTBT what?! talk about over complicating a sentence...

[smileykermit]

I think McLuhan would have been more repulsed than overjoyed by today's media saturation. Although these gents have turned out a great "product" it seems that Levinson doesn't understand the simple statement:" the Medium is the Message" and how it dictates how we react to what we are exposed to. McLuhan warned against those who say exactly what Levinson claims when he compares all mediums to a knife... it's how you use it... It's right there in Understanding Media...

[PLev20062006]

@smileykermit What McLuhan warned about is people who ignore the influence of media. He expressly said, many tines, that he viewed media neither as inherently dangerous or helpful - what was dangerous was failing to appreciate that the influence of media was profound.

[smileykermit]

@PLev20062006 In all fairness, McLuhan said and wrote a lot of things. It's in his interviews & letters that he expresses dismay about the end of the Gutenberg era, the death of the individual & the onset of the tribal. He did say many times that the "neither good nor bad" syndrome is naive. Every media has it's effect and for every "innovation" there is an amputation. For instance, air conditioning & television have virtually destroyed neighborhoods. Life is not found indoors in isolation...

[PLev20062006]

@smileykermit What do you think McLuhan meant when he said "I don't explain - I explore." His explorations or "probes" were intended to alert people, to prod them about the significance of media. He left the conclusions - the explanations - to others. To be clear: what McLuhan thought was naive is that technology has no effect. But he insisted that his purpose was not judge the nature of the effect.

[TheAmalali]

thanks

[NipoteZia]

Terrific, thought-provoking video.

[LillianColwynnscehy]

This is nice video79290840

[ilovemn651]

Ok.... There was a lady who was walking in the forest with her dog and was killed. If u r reading this, then u will find a dead bloody body hanging in ur closet. U will be haunted and killed by her. to stop it posti this to 6 other videos in 30 GOOD LUCK

[pIIttsss]

si lla los as leido copia y pega esto en 5 videos mas o tu madre morirá en 3 dias, hacedlo por fabor mi a mi amigo le paso, yo lo e hecho pa que no me pase, por fabor acedme caso. esto es una maldicioooooon

[bapyou]

Where's the video/audio of Bill O'Reilly telling Levinson to "Shut up!"? I want to see/hear that!

[PLev20062006]

It was on O'Reilly's Radio Factor show - on October 23, 2007. I requested an copy, but never received it. You might be able to find it on one of O'Reilly's own sites.

[Egdon1]

The mass expansion and liberalisation of the media (via the web) is great....the problem is finding real quality and finding the truth and then protecting them. The opportunities for their opposites are enormous.

[mfitzp]

It was good until "information under-load"

[PLev20062006]

What happened - you found it overloaded you with information? :)

[baldvn]

Great show man. But why do you show yourself saying hmm, umhm, yes and ok, its a bit silly, one cold make a funny video of you just doing hmm´s and umhm´s.

[landslide333]

He's a cool, funny guy!

[utubestrong]

Great interview! Learned alot and very helpfull to my final paper on Paul Levinson.

[jaysongibbitz1]

He's really likeable and spot on in some of his observations of the media -

[prideandjustice]

I highly recommend the book of Professor Levinson! This interview gives people an opportunity to see how likeable a man he is!

[cosmicnostrodomo]

I dig this dude! He's awesome!

[rodriguomenze]

This guy is amazing! I think his ideas are fascinating! I wish i could have a prof that inspiring! Good interviewer too.

[henrysvoboda]

Paul's a great commentator - nice job guys

[laureenmac78]

great conversation b/tn these two

[DonkeyHotay09]

This was great! Really appreciate the upload and the show in general, thanks

[PLev20062006]

@webins  ... actually, i'm on the side of humanity ... :)

[heidiypsilanti]

You tell him Paul!

[PLev20062006]

You got it, Heidi!

[Webins]

Who's side is ths guy on?

Implants?

[luisbencortez]

Loved it

[nicknarley]

Thanks - really enjoy this conversation.

[blackberryjuice1]

I don't think people will be too accepting of implants given concerns over RFID chip implants and brain cancer...

[PLev20062006]

No problem - the key to all new new media is choice. If someone doesn't want an implant, they can see and hear the media in the old fashioned way...

[chingy1234567]

Smart guy