Understanding Media: The Individual and Society

as it happens...


A study of all media is essential

Day 1

Who be we?

Mission
- new curriculum
- all media are one
- compare media
- painting the information palette
- multimedia design of web pages


McLuhan at 100 mph
- Bio & Books
- McLuhan Kiosk - on the web & demo
- video interview with T.Wolfe

What did he say?
- 40 year old man who exploded
- Mechanical Bride - what are our adult pals up to?
-Medium is the Message, Global Village
-what is important ?
-What is news? delivery, told to, read to, shown. Who makes it and why?

Individual & Society
- War & Peace in the Global Village
- web as warfare
- City as Classroom - perceptions


Media
Day's Web Page
Tom Wolfe article - hilite to discuss
Understanding Media article 1 - hilite to discuss

Your TV is tuned to http://www.scruz.net/~markb/McLuhan/course/index.html

edited March 14, 1996