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- http://www.marshallmcluhan.com/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan
- http://www.regent.edu/acad/schcom/rojc/mdic/mcluhan.html
- Juleah Chandler
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Marshall McLuhan - A Response
Marshall McLuhan lived from 1911 - 1980. He was once referred to as the "Oracle of the Electronic Age." It evident through blurbs and quotations from his numerous writings why many should come to this conclusion. McLuhan is quoted for saying that, "We shape our tools and they in turn shape us." I find this line to be quite profound in that it relates to several things in life, including but not limited to, that of computers and digital art. Not only did we, as humans, create the computer and the many programs available to us on it, the computer in turn has helped to shape our culture, our mindset, and even in a way, how we do art. I believe that as students of digital art, we only have to look at ourselves to understand that concept and see the truth behind it.
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Juleah,
I agree, I think Mcluhan had some very important ideas about how media can affect a society(advertisements, ect) but also how people can also effect the media too by being able to create, upgrade, and restore different mediums.
~Karen Borden
You, and McLuhan, are quite right. We, as individuals and a culture, are effected by electronic media nearly every day. It has changed how a generation of Americans communicate. Young people are more likely to send an e-mail today rather than send a letter or even, sometimes, make a phone call.
-Kim Spann
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