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Page 59
... skills of deception are different from those that reveal the beating heart of a human being , or open the mind to the real world . For ex- ample , in Othello , Iago's prim and pompous observations on " good name " are skillful blank ...
... skills of deception are different from those that reveal the beating heart of a human being , or open the mind to the real world . For ex- ample , in Othello , Iago's prim and pompous observations on " good name " are skillful blank ...
Page 62
... skills represented by it . A tool can be lost or broken , but there is no basic loss , or " amputation , " so long as the skills for handling it remain ; another one can be made . So the " extension of man " represented by artist's ...
... skills represented by it . A tool can be lost or broken , but there is no basic loss , or " amputation , " so long as the skills for handling it remain ; another one can be made . So the " extension of man " represented by artist's ...
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... skills and technologies , another phenomenon must be considered as central to the study of media . It is the social institution . For the arts , crafts , technologies and communications must operate through socially created channels ...
... skills and technologies , another phenomenon must be considered as central to the study of media . It is the social institution . For the arts , crafts , technologies and communications must operate through socially created channels ...
Contents
The Revolution in Media and a Revolutionary Kind of Book | 7 |
McLuhanese History vs Real History | 15 |
The Mythical War of the Senses | 31 |
Copyright | |
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