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Explore Marshall McLuhan’s groundbreaking theories on communication, technology, and why "the medium is the message" in the digital age.
…societies around the globe up the wall with intensity of feeling. One of the big violence makers of our century has been radio. Hitler was entirely a radio man and a tribal man. And what does television do then to that tribal man? Well, I don't think…
…was entirely a radio man and a tribal man. And what does television do then to that tribal man? Well, I don't think Hitler would have lasted long on TV. Like Senator Joe McCarthy, he would have looked foolish. He was a very hot character. And like…
…attention to the effect of radio on the 20s. And as you know, it brought in the jazz age and the jazz babies. It brought in Hitler. That is, Hitler is a man who played it by ear and who was a re-tribalized man who had a new message to offer to the…
…effect of radio on the 20s. And as you know, it brought in the jazz age and the jazz babies. It brought in Hitler. That is, Hitler is a man who played it by ear and who was a re-tribalized man who had a new message to offer to the Germans by way…
…attention to the effect of radio on the 20s. And as you know, it brought in the jazz age and the jazz babies. It brought in Hitler. That is, Hitler is a man who played it by ear and who was a re-tribalized man who had a new message to offer to the…
…effect of radio on the 20s. And as you know, it brought in the jazz age and the jazz babies. It brought in Hitler. That is, Hitler is a man who played it by ear and who was a re-tribalized man who had a new message to offer to the Germans by way…
…the West against Europe. Oh, not against Japan. Oh, Pearl Harbor was a powder trail laid to permit a war against Germany, Hitler. Without Pearl Harbor, couldn't have had a European war. Wasn't this also, when the United States entered into World War II,…
…Pretty terrifying, a really terrifying thing because here are millions and millions of very competent people desperate for an identity. Hitler gave them an identity tribal which they are now ashamed to recover or repeat and they have no alternative in…
…which they are now ashamed to recover or repeat and they have no alternative in their own minds except a repeat of the Hitler thing because he was a tribal man who gave Germany a corporate, tribal identity, not a personal, private one at all. Now,…
…the Hitler thing because he was a tribal man who gave Germany a corporate, tribal identity, not a personal, private one at all. Now, Hitler came out of the radio age. He was a product of radio. Radio in the 1920s created tribal man right here in North…
…attention to the effect of radio on the 20s. And as you know, it brought in the jazz age and the jazz babies. It brought in Hitler. That is, Hitler is a man who played it by ear and who was a re-tribalized man who had a new message to offer to the…
…effect of radio on the 20s. And as you know, it brought in the jazz age and the jazz babies. It brought in Hitler. That is, Hitler is a man who played it by ear and who was a re-tribalized man who had a new message to offer to the Germans by way…
…a hot medium and a cool medium. The hot medium reaches out and grabs you. He said radio is a hot medium. Mussolini or Hitler yelling at crowds, going through at you and grabbing you. And your tendency then is to retire. Now, TV or the comic book he…
…difficult. I Don't agree or disagree with my points. I don't agree or disagree with anything. I say myself that is correct On TV, Hitler wouldn't have lasted 10 minutes, and if it were not for the hot media, the war in Vietnam would be over in an…