Marshall McLuhan Monday
This weeks MMM features the ubiquitous
social networking site Facebook.
Using Marshall McLuhan's Media Tetrad,
we will explore a different medium each
week, with accompanying links
and other things to add pizazz.
FACEBOOK
social networking site Facebook.
Using Marshall McLuhan's Media Tetrad,
we will explore a different medium each
week, with accompanying links
and other things to add pizazz.
Facebook Enhances:
nostalgia
memory
rate of retrieval
community
guilt
nostalgia
memory
rate of retrieval
community
guilt
Facebook Retrieves:
a wave hello
high school popularity: "Look at all my friends!"
a wave hello
high school popularity: "Look at all my friends!"
phone books
and now, a general announcement
telegrams
"Look what I found!"
community theatre
photo albums
book shelves
business and care cards
"Just thinking of you!"
Facebook makes Obsolete:
Facebook overheats and Reverses into:
Facebook makes Obsolete:
communicating in person
Borders/Nation States
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