Marshall McLuhan on YouTube

What would Marshall McLuhan, who came up with such terms as "the global village" and "the medium is the message," think of YouTube? I think he predicted this would happen more than forty years ago. Clips and quotes from the visionary thinker.

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• global
• village
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[TheRachelYork]

I am in a class that was asked to watch this video, however with the sound not working, it's kinda impossible. I was then told to get a copy of the text. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get a copy of the text. Thanks :)

[kenrg]

@TheRachelYork To play the audio, change the video quality (lower right corner) from 360p to 240p.

[TheGreatGAMER1855]

So theres no audio and one picture? this video aint that good =/

[kenrg]

@TheGreatGAMER1855 To play the video, change the video quality (lower right corner) from 360p to 240p. This is yet another YouTube glitch that after three years and thousands of plays the file gets corrupted.

[OhCurt]

It's finally happened - YouTube has made me go DEEF!

[kenrg]

@OhCurt I'm sorry, what did you say?

[TheEgger]

You are a slave to media because you have no effort to understand it. In fact, i believe your ignorance is directly related your slavery to media, Mcluhan's just trying to warn you of this.

Now i'm assuming that your one of these guys that likes to 'shock' people by acting like a prick, it`s not going to work. The only way you`re going to `educate` yourself is knowing what is going on around you.

[FalseFlag369]

In many ways, we are like memory banks being programmed. Bad input = Bad output! About 80% of our input is through the visual cortex. The blind rely more on hearing and touch, and are more judgmental of the input, questioning it more. Those that can see, interpret what they see as factual, when it has been proven that optical illusions occur all the time. The worst type of evidence is eye witness testimony. Hollywood and mainstream media are the major programmers influencing our perception.

[alliant]

@DameEdithDivine

both, because the mind is a very general category which would include our 'seeing'. all of this takes place within the mind. it's more precise to say that it is an extension of the eye, I would submit. I dunno what do you think, is alliant just bullshitting us once again?

[ChairmanMauMau]

aint sayin nuthin



[DameEdithDivine]

Is a book the extension of the eye, as McLuhan states? or rather an extension of the mind, as DameEdithDivine believes?

[taheerah79]

wow very interesting. Great points made..to live right on the frontier is very terrifying.

[psycomedia]

turn off

tune out

drop dead

watch?v=FmgKwJhodZw

[rscamardo]

@TheEgger yes its all on fox news

[QD503]

Who is the voice at the beginning? Thank you!

[carlosvg1986]

What's that subliminally inserted image of a man's face @1:11? it's freaking me out