Philosophy of the Medium: The Age of McLuhan in Question

by John Lechte

Taking the principle of the 'disappearance of the medium' into new territory, this book questions the pervasive influence of the principle that the 'medium is the message'. Bold and expansive, this book argues that we have for too long focused on the technical specificities of media, when we should have been focusing on what it is that mediums do, that is, on their 'content' rather than their formal and technical qualities.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350299189
• ISBN13: 9781350299184
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"