Cyberspace and Society
Week Three September 23-28
Fall 2008

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This week's SAKAI quiz will close at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 29.  It will open on Tuesday, Sept 23. 

This week's topic will be "The Media and the Message"  This phrase was coined by Marshal McLuhan, a communication theorist who was most interested in the influence of television.  His ideas are today applied perhaps even more strongly to the Internet.  What difference does it make if material is communicated in print vs. television vs. online?  This is still very much an open question.

Readings:
  1. Marshall McLuhan, Author, Dies; Declared 'Medium Is the Message'. 
  2. Video Clip.McLuhan speaking on futurist thinking.
  3. Dramatization of the discovery of "the medium is the message"
  4. Theories of Marshall McLuhan.  Notes by your instructor.  Some of McLuhan's concepts are a bit idiosyncratic, especially his use of "hot" and "cool".  The excerpts in blue are from a Playboy interview.
  5. Powerpoint Logic. 
  6. Is Google Making Us Stupid?