April 12, 2018 archive

The Medium is the Message

Adcording to Marshal Mcluhan, the medium within The Medium is the Message, is the form of a message whether that be print, visual or oral. This determines the many ways in which that message will be perceived. Mcluhan believed that modern day technology/communications are effecting the ways we experience the world. These form of communication can include …

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Class activity

Today we will be splitting into 2 groups. You will be provided with 5 messages and the groups will have to find the medium (TV , film, internet , radio, print) for each message. Then we will discuss with the class and see what you guys discovered.

Medium is the Message Post 4.12.18

  This post was a bit of a struggle for me in the beginning as I didn’t really understand Marshall McLuhan’s theory that “medium is the message.” I have an idea but the reading was stiff and I had to dig dip for the meaning and research.  First, medium is defined as an agency or …

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