Marshall McLuhan rules*

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Here is the official website of the sociologist Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980), where you can find more info about the man and his work, including the story of the typo that inspired the title of the book we are studying — The Medium is the Massage (1967).

Portrait by Yousuf Karsh.

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