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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961614403321

Autore

Marchessault Janine

Titolo

Marshall McLuhan : cosmic media / / Janine Marchessault

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2005

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 2005

ISBN

9786610369355

9781446217276

1446217272

9781280369353

1280369353

9781412932523

1412932521

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 253 p.)

Collana

Core Cultural Theorists series

Disciplina

302.23092

Soggetti

Mass media criticism

Mass media and culture

Communication - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-238) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Romantic Art; Chapter 2 - New Criticism; Chapter 3 - Catholicism; Chapter 4 - Early Media Studies and Mama's Boys; Chapter 5 - Experimental Seminar; Chapter 6 - Innis, New Media and the University; Chapter 7 - Galaxy; Chapter 8 - Sacred Technologies, Historical Imagination; Chapter 9 - The Project for Understanding Media; Chapter 10 - The Electronic Call Girl; Chapter 11 - Murder by Television; Chapter 12 - Globalization and Time; Afterword; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why is McLuhan important? What use can we make of his approach to the media today? In this critical introduction, McLuhan's contribution is explained and his reputation reassessed.