Marshall McLuhan

Marshall McLuhan (1911 - 1980), full name Herbert Marshall McLuhan, was a Canadian philosopher. His work is among the cornerstones of the study of media theory. He was a professor of English at several universities in the United States and Canada.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Ads push the principle of noise all the way to the plateau of persuasion. They are quite in accord with the procedures of brainwashing.

- Understanding Media

• The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.

- Understanding Media

• The electric age... establishes a global network that has much the character of our central nervous system.

- Understanding Media

• The medium is the message.

- Understanding Media

• It is critical vision alone which can mitigate the unimpeded operation of the automatic.

- The Mechanical Bride

• "Real life" often appears, at least, to be an imitation of art. Today, it is poster art.

- Cokes and Cheesecake in The Mechanical Bride

• The new electronic interdependence re-creates the world in the image of a global village.

- The Gutenberg Galaxy

Clark Kerr