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Marshall McLuhan
Male, Canadian, b.1911, d.1980
- Personal website
- http://www.marshallmcluhan.com/
- Interests
- Television, Theory, Media History
- Role(s)
- Researcher
Current Institutional Affiliation(s)
Discipline(s)
- Communications
Biography
A Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar — a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a communications theorist. McLuhan's work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. McLuhan is known for coining the expressions "the medium is the message" and the "global village".
McLuhan was a fixture in media discourse from the late 1960s to his death and he continues to be an influential and controversial figure. Years after his death he was named the "patron saint" of Wired magazine.
Publications and Resources
Books
- Marshall McLuhan. Culture Is Our Business. McGraw Hill, 1970
- Quentin Fiore, Marshall McLuhan. The Medium is the Massage.. Bantam Books, 1967
- Marshall McLuhan. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. McGraw Hill, 1964
- Marshall McLuhan. The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man. University of Toronto Press, 1962