mcluhan

Thân thiện

A student reads a book by McLuhan in the library.

Definition

Proper noun A Canadian writer, philosopher, and communication theorist, famous for his influential analyses of mass media, technology, and culture. His most famous concepts include "the medium is the message" and the idea of a "global village."

Examples of Usage

• Proper noun:
  • Marshall McLuhan was a visionary thinker who studied the effects of media on society.
  • Many of McLuhan's predictions about electronic media seem remarkably accurate today.
  • The professor assigned a chapter from McLuhan's book Understanding Media.

Advanced Usage

• McLuhanesque (adj): Characteristic of or resembling the ideas, style, or theories of Marshall McLuhan.
  • His analysis of social media's impact was truly McLuhanesque in its focus on the medium itself.

Variants and Related Words

• McLuhanism (n): The body of ideas and theories associated with Marshall McLuhan.
  • The course explored the core tenets of McLuhanism.

Synonyms

• Media theorist
• Communication philosopher

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "The medium is the message": This is McLuhan's most famous aphorism. It means that the form of a medium (e.g., television, the internet) embeds itself in the message, creating a symbiotic relationship that influences how the message is perceived, often more than the content itself.
  • In arguing that social media platforms shape public discourse more than the posts on them, she was invoking "the medium is the message."
• "Global village": McLuhan's term for the world as it has been contracted into a single community by electronic media and instantaneous communication.
  • The internet has finally realized McLuhan's concept of a "global village."

Học thuật

Noun

1. Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• McLuhan
• Marshall McLuhan
• Herbert Marshall McLuhan