“Vintage Modern Problems is a visualization of Marshall McLuhan’s War and Peace in the Global Village using clips from industrial films of the 1930′s, 40′s and 50′s.“
Marshall McLuhan
Marshall McLuhan at John Hopkins University Part 1/5
Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC (July 21, 1911 December 31, 1980) was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar — a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a communication theorist. McLuhan’s work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. McLuhan is known for the expressions “the medium is the message” and “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. More than ten years after his death he was named the “patron saint” of Wired magazine. Here he gives a lecture at John Hopkins University about language, media, and the brain.
Marshall McLuhan in Conversation With Mike McManus – Friday May 7 2010 2010 at 10:30 Pm ET
Marshall McLuhan in Conversation with Mike McManus (1977) Friday May 7 2010 2010 at 10:30 pm ET In one of the few interviews that Marshall McLuhan granted before his death in 1980, he talks to TVO host Mike McManus about modern regionalism and separatism, nostalgia, violence and identity, television as an addictive tranquillizer, propaganda and his reasons for becoming a Roman Catholic.
CBC TV – Take 30 (Program) – McLuhan Predicts ‘World Connectivity’ 1965
The Story: We waste too much time racing from home to office, says Marshall McLuhan, an English professor at the University of Toronto who’s becoming known internationally for his study on the effects of media. Society’s obsession with files and folders forces office workers to make the daily commute from the suburbs to downtown. McLuhan says the stockbroker is the smart one. He learned some time ago that most business may be conducted from anywhere if done by phone. McLuhan’s prescient knowledge: In the future, people will no longer only gather in classrooms to learn but will also be moved by “electronic circuitry.” Did You Know?: • McLuhan’s prediction of a world connected by electronic circuits came true in 1995 when people around the globe began using the Internet, a secret computer network developed by the US Defense Department in the 1970s. A report about the resurgence of McLuhan’s ideas with the advent of the Web may be seen in Clip 10. • After completing a Masters of Arts degree at the University of Manitoba (1934) and a literature degree at Cambridge University (1936), McLuhan was unable to find work at a Canadian university. He left for the United States in 1936, accepting a position at the University of Wisconsin and a year later moved to the University of St. Louis. • In 1939 McLuhan started his MA at Cambridge and by 1943 he completed his PhD in literature. • McLuhan originally considered studying engineering but decided against it when he excelled in …
Annie Hall Marshall McLuhan Scene (Short Edit) Woody Allen
This clip appears on YouTube, but the scene goes on way too long. This shortens the scene to the best part, the classic moment when Woody Allen looks into the camera. Then Marshall McLuhan appears. A classic Annie Hall scene!! taking up for Alvy, to which he says “If life was only like this.” What a classic moment in film!
