Marshall Mcluhan’s “medium Is the Message”: Information Literacy in a Multimedia Age
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The writings of Marshall McLuhan have had an enduring influence on our understanding of the social and cultural impacts of communication media. The idiomatic resonance of McLuhan’s famous statement, “the medium is the message,” has entered language and contemporary consciousness, influencing the way we think and feel about media, the way we perceive their effects, and our awareness of their potential repercussions.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008