Technology and the Media

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The paper examines the book chapter by chapter, discussing McLuhan's strong opinions about the way in which the introduction of electricity and the media of television and technology have changed the face of humanity in relation to the natural world. In the end, the writer shows how McLuhan's fears of technology go so far as to explain that people themselves don't understand the effects of technology on our own lives.

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"Chapter 2, "Media Hot and Cold," analyzes the nature of certain media in terms of the specific impacts they have on our senses and the amount of information they give us. The telephone is a "cool" medium because it gives only one sense (hearing) a small amount of information (whatever the other person says on the end of the line). A cool medium requires more participation on the part of the individual using it than does a hot medium (radio), which gives far more information and requires less activity on the part of the individual in putting together the pieces of information provided."

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