McLuhan

[Otto]

Happy Birthday...Marshall McLuhan

Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a
Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar—a professor of English
literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a communication
theorist. McLuhan's work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the
study of media theory, as well as having practical applications in the
advertising and television industries.

McLuhan is known for coining the expressions "the medium is the
message" and "the global village" and predicted the World Wide Web
almost thirty years before it was invented.[3] Although he was a
fixture in media discourse in the late 1960s, his influence waned in
the years before and after his death and he continued to be a
controversial figure in academic circles. In the Internet age,
however, there was renewed interest in his work and perspective.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan

Meeting Wooy Allen:
http://youtu.be/8FRtioXLsGg