internet culture
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While McLuhan and Ulmer never met in the physical sense, if you read them together it feels like they’re talking across time. Back in the 60s, McLuhan said, “the medium is the massage.” Years later Ulmer came along with his own idea, electracy, which is basically literacy for the digital age. Put those ideas next
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McLuhan’s take on media, now playing out on social feeds. We live in a world where oversharing is the norm and privacy feels rare. Decades ago, Marshall McLuhan wrote, “Too many people know too much about each other. Our new environment compels commitment and participation.” He was talking about television, but it could just as
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