Author Paul Levinson Discusses Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media

By: Paul Levinson

Narrated by: Paul Levinson

In the following keynote address given at Baylor University, author Paul Levinson discusses Canadian philosopher and academic Marshall McLuhan's seminal book, "Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man," which proposed that the media—not the content that they carry—affects the society in which it plays a role and, thus, should be the focus of study. Levinson, a colleague of McLuhan’s, lays out, how in the decades since its 1964 publication, McLuhan’s study of media theory and the concept that "the medium is the message," still holds true.

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Almost Nothing about McLuhan

Stopped listening 3/4 of the way through. Speaker picks up a line from a poet that is loosely relatable to McLuhan’s ideas, then embarks on very basic history of the Reformation and Gutenberg press before digressing for over 20 minutes on what is wrong with publishing and book reviewing today. After 35 minutes, I had learned absolutely nothing. This is false advertising. I would like my 1 credit back.