discussion post on Fri, November 20, 2009 - 2:53 PM
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Chapter 4 - The Gadget Lover
(in Marshall McLuhan)
In Chapter 4 of Understanding Media, McLuhan titles this one The Gadget Lover with the subtitle of "Narcissus as Narcosis". In this subtitle he is recognizing, in a Joycean sense, that Narcissus comes from the word narcosis, which means to be "num...
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Re: Chapter 2 - Hot and Cold Media
(in Marshall McLuhan)
I would agree that, yes, our own body temperature does give rise to the language we use to convey our external experiences/perceptions. If you say "She's cool", then you are describing something more at a distance.
If we consider hot and cool ... read more discussion post on Wed, November 11, 2009 - 10:06 AM
Re: Chapter 2 - Hot and Cold Media
(in Marshall McLuhan)
So are you suggesting that the temperature of the body are indications of the extensions? So, for instance, if an area of the body heats up, then it is calling for an extension (i.e. a faster way of doing something)?
discussion post on Sat, November 7, 2009 - 9:14 AM
Chapter 3 - The Reversal of the Overheated Medium
(in Marshall McLuhan)
In the third chapter of "Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man", McLuhan picks up where the second chapter, 'Hot and Cold', leaves off. Here, he explores what happens when a media type is singled out and brought into focus. In this manner, he...
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discussion post on Fri, November 6, 2009 - 1:59 PM
Chapter 2 - Hot and Cold Media
(in Marshall McLuhan)
My own perception of McLuhan's chapter on hot and cold media is to, some degree, disregard singling out one media as either hot and cold, but rather any medium can be attributed to hot or cold. It is their context that becomes the determining fact...
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discussion post on Thu, October 29, 2009 - 5:11 PM
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