The Future of the Library
From Electric Media to Digital Media
Originally written in the late 1970s, this book was untouched for more than 35 years. McLuhan passed away before it went to press, but Logan always intended to finish it. Even though much has changed in the three decades since work on the project was halted, many of the points that McLuhan and Logan made in the era of 'electric media' are highly cogent in the era of 'digital media.' Looking at the future of the library from the perspective of McLuhan's original vision, Logan has carefully updated the text to address the impact of the Internet and other digital technologies on the library. McLuhan prophetically foreshadowed the transformative…
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Weitere Autoren: Mcluhan, Marshall
- ISBN: 978-1-4541-9918-2
- EAN: 9781454199182
- Produktnummer: 24667701
- Verlag: Peter Lang
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 238 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 948 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
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Robert K. Logan (PhD., MIT, 1965) is Professor Emeritus of Physics and St. Michael's College Fellow at the University of Toronto. He is the Chief Scientist of sLab at OCAD University. He is the author of many books and articles including Understanding New Media: Extending Marshall McLuhan (Peter Lang, 2010). The book follows on from their joint authorship of Alphabet, mother of invention (1977). Marshall McLuhan (PhD Cambridge, 1943) was a Professor of English at St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto from 1946 to his passing in 1980. He was the founder of the field of media ecology and author of many revolutionary books and articles including The Gutenberg Galaxy, Understanding Media and The Medium is the Massage. He is the originator of such iconic phrases as the global village and the medium is the message.
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