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Marshall McLuhan, the Man and his Message
He was a man of idioms and idiosyncrasies, deeply intelligent and a soothsayer. He had prescient knowledge of the Internet. Although educated in literature, Marshall McLuhan was known as a pop philosopher because his theories applied to mini-skirts and the twist. For his ability to keep up with the cutting edge, one colleague called him "The Runner." Critics said he destroyed literary values. Today, McLuhan's ideas are new again, applied to the electronic media that he predicted.
10 television clips
8 radio clips
'Oracle of the Electric Age'
Broadcast Date: May 8, 1966
Robert Fulford interviews McLuhan on the effects of mass media.'Oracle of the Electric Age'
Medium: Television
Program: This Hour has Seven Days
Broadcast Date: May 8, 1966
Guest(s):
Host: Patrick Watson
Reporter: Robert Fulford
Duration: 6:57
Last updated:
Jan. 5, 2004
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Radio
4:09
Dec. 31, 1980
Marshall McLuhan, the media theorist who was always "on the move," has died of a stroke.
Television
11:21
March 2, 1969
Urban planning guru Jane Jacobs challenged the establishment with her ideas about cities and the economy.
'Oracle of the Electric Age'.
The CBC Digital Archives Website.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Last updated: Jan. 5, 2004.
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