Monday, December 2, 2013

Response to The Medium is the Message.


            I found the Medium is the Message is a very interesting article. The title means that the form of a medium embeds itself in the message, creating a symbiotic relationship by which the medium influences how the message is perceived. In the article, he announces the existence of a global village. According to Marshal McLuhan, the man who coined the term “global village” and the phrase “the medium is the message”, we will reflect on what he had to say about the various ways human beings extend themselves, and how these extensions affect our relationships with one another. McLuhan believed that mankind has always been fascinated and obsessed with the extension.
            I found a video on Youtube that filmed a baby boy’s birth to nine years. The video is only two minutes long, but it pictures the baby’s growth in nine years. It explains what McLuhan describes in his article about the concept of “Medium is the Message.”

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