communication technologies‚ globalization in its utopian vision promises to link diverse cultures across geographic boundaries. Marshall McLuhan exemplifies this ideological promise of globalization in his description of the global village. He describes it as a world in which people would be brought closer together as they made their voices heard. According to McLuhan‚ “We have become irrevocably involved with‚ and responsible for‚ each other” (Croteau and Hoynes 337). Recently‚ global media scholars
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simulated world that the likes of movies or books could never dream of achieving. Marshall McLuhan describes games in general as‚ “situations contrived to permit simultaneous participation of many people in some significant pattern of their own corporate live” (245). Therefore when we interact with a video game we are interacting in a way that reflects what goes on in our daily lives. Though McLuhan did not write about video games in Understanding Media he did write about games
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Glossary of New Media Terms · Analytics- data and software used to report performance · App- software that is used for business or entertainment. "application"‚ "application program" and "software application" refer to virtually any type of program from spreadsheets such as Excel to media players such as iTunes to virtual reality games such as Second Life. However‚ the term specifically excludes essential control software such as the operating system · Blog- type of webpage/site
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Marshall McLuhan sees that technology is evolutionary and he claims that everything has grown from electricity and he links this to the human nervous system. McLuhan’s core argument is “the medium is the massage”‚ in which he goes further on explaining the claim that each medium influences the human sensations and perception. In his text‚ Raymond Williams explains how the social practices have a dominance over the technological practices in the development of human processes. Williams is a cultural
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concept/Self esteem Significant other inflection Self-fulfilling prophecy Reflected appraisal Social comparison static evaluation Influences on perception euphemism Stereotypes equivocation Empathy/sympathy “global village”—Marshall McLuhan High-versus Low-context culture (example?) Individualism vs Collectivism (example?) Power distance‚ uncertainty avoidance‚ achievement vs nurturing Nonverbal communication: (Chronemics‚ paralanguage‚ kinesics‚ etc.) Hearing vs Listening Noise(physical
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global connectedness via the internet for a very‚ very long time‚ even before the world wide web was ever created‚ some folks anticipated a new technology that would connect the masses in a whole new way. You may be familiar with the name Marshal McLuhan. There has been some talk about him in recent weeks because July 21st marked the centennial of his birthday. He was an English teacher and a public thinker. But most importantly‚ he was a media critic. He came up with Timothy Leary’s famous saying
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The Medium is the Message” The medium is the message is a phrase that challenges the idea behind the artwork‚ which was coined by Marshall McLuhan. McLuhan warns us that we are often distracted by the content of a medium. The true value of a medium is how can it be used to enhance our collective experience and understanding within society. It can discuss the meaning that the form of a medium embeds itself in the message‚ creating a symbiotic relationship by which the medium influences how the
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postmodernism‚ and the way the postmodern has changed the way art work has been perceived‚ and how it has affected specifically photography and architecture. It will be looking into the main theorist of postmodernism such as Jean Boudrillard and Marshall McLuhan to understand the history of where postmodernism originated from and how it has changed the way art and culture has been looked upon‚ I will be mentioning the works of William Eggleston‚ Andy Warhol and Cindy Sherman to clearly define some of the
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DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES NUHU BAMALLI POLYTHECNIC ZARIA ASSIGNMENT ON ELEMENT OF BANKING BY OYERIBHOR OSABHE BEAUTY REG NO: N/ACT/14/07394 SERIAL NO: 017 JUNE‚ 2O15 Table of content Preface 1 Introduction 1.1 Background 1.2 Uses of computer communications 1.2.1 Computer-oriented communication 1.2.2 Telecommunications 1.2.3 Radio and television broadcasting 1.2.4 Summary of uses of computer communications 1.3 How computers
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18-01-2014] Top Business Academy (2008) Passion and teamwork The Guardian (2011) Steve Jobs‚ Apple co-founder‚ dies at 56. Available from: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/oct/06/steve-jobs-apple-cofounder-dies [accessed 18/01/2014] The Telegraph (2011) Steve Jobs: his 10 most inspirational quotes Werling‚ M (2009) 10 Traits Entrepreneurs and Einstein Share. Available from: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197836 [accessed 18/01/2014] Wbur (2011) Jobs ’ Biography: Thoughts On Life‚ Death
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