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Marshall McLuhan ^[1]

Marshall McLuhan[1] was a Canadian philosopher and father to the study of the digital media generation. He is considered one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals in the new wave of academic and technological understanding."The medium is the message" [[2] is the most notorious phrase created by McLuhan to summarize his ideals about the role of a message and its relationship with the choice of medium.

Background

"Herbert Marshall McLuhan" was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 21, 1911. McLuhan passed away from in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 31, 1980.

Education

Marshall graduated with a B.A. from the University of Maitobe in 1932 and a M.A. in 1934. He then continued his graduate studies at the University of Cambridge, receiving his Ph.D. in 1942.

Career

Marshall's first teaching position was at the University of Wisconsin, Madison from 1936-1937. After a year, he taught at St. Louis University from 1937-1944. He accepted a position at Assumption University from 1944-1946. Marshall became an official professor in 1952 amidst his time teaching at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto from 1946-1979.

Published Works

• The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man (1951) [3]
• The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Topographic Man (1962) [4]
• Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964) [5]
• The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects (1967) [6]
• War and Peace in the Global Village (1968) [7]
• Culture is Our Business (1970) [8]
• From Cliché to Archetype (1970) [9]

Digital Rhetoric

Personal Life

McLuhan married Corinne Keller Lewis in 1939.

References

1. ↑ https://verbooom.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/understanding-the-philosophy-of-marshall-mcluhan/

External Links

1. http://www.marshallmcluhan.com/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_medium_is_the_message
3. http://www.marshallmcluhan.com/biography/
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mechanical_Bride:_Folklore_of_Industrial_Man
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gutenberg_Galaxy
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understanding_Media
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Medium_Is_the_Massage
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace_in_the_Global_Village
9. http://www.amazon.com/Culture-Our-Business-Marshall-McLuhan/dp/1625648286
10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Clich%C3%A9_to_Archetype