Marshall McLuhan

David Weinberger: Will books survive? A scorecard…

New media generally don’t replace old media, as Marshall McLuhan pointed out. After TV we still have radio. After telephones we had telegrams for a good long while. So what about books? After we have networked digital books,...

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CONTACT's open call for exhibitions (ActuPhoto)

Deadline for Early Registration - Friday, November 27 Register online now and take advantage of early registration fees: www.contactphoto.com Early and non-profit registration deadline November 27, 2009 Regular registration...

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Cultural Media Studies

I wrote most of this on paper and so you may detect a different tonality and flow to the text. I guess I need to start somewhere on the long road to another vast topic I want to connect with here, and that's culture, but I'll...

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Poetická podobenství o povaze světa

“As electrically constructed, the globe is no more than a village.” “‘Time’ has ceased, ‘space’ has vanished, we now live in a global village.” - Marshall McLuhan Ten člověk zas tak úplně nekecal, co myslíte? (Ještě než se...

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Share Business

I just finished reading the 20th anniversary edition of Neil Postman's Amusing Ourslves to Death. Even in the harsh light of hindsight, his analysis of television's effect on discourse remains compelling. In fact-when I...

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All form, no play

Giant bronze ants made with motorbike parts crawl menacingly on the floor, Cubist sculptures kiss and a Durga with a headlight for her third eye looks down on the viewer. The room that hosts artist Paresh Maity’s bronze...

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Wha’s like us?

Damn few and they’re aw deid! Famous deid people namechecked at #cetis09 Charles Darwin Clarence Darrow Marshall McLuhan (second year running!) Les Dawson Aldous Huxley William Shakespeare Joseph Schumpeter Stieg Larsson Famous...

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The Schmuck Stops Here: Coming home

Good to see the home fires are still burning here in spite of my recent disappearance. My travels took me to Southern California and Nevada (I'll admit it, I still love the Southwest) and allowed me to recharge my batteries for...

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Q&A: Erik Qualman on Social, Search, and Business

What impact will social networks have on search marketing strategies? SQ: Facebook and Twitter have gained millions of users practically overnight. EQ: By the time this interview is published, Facebook will have more members...

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Beneath the idol, the bureaucrat

goteborg1.jpg A recently published volume of Guy Debord's early letters provides insights into a singular personality, and the fractious relationships that spawned the Situationist International. But, asks Sam Williams, how...

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