Media Studies- "The Medium is the Message"

1. "The Medium is the Message" is one of Professor McLuhan's most famous phrases. Expand on this by fully explaining what is meant by the phrase.

-meaning that the form of the medium hides itself in the message, making a symbiotic relationship by which the medium influences how the message is understood, or seen, creating a subtle change over time.

2. Choose any two of the following quotes to research and explain.

->"We are increasingly living in a global village."- I think that this quote means that as time goes on we are continuously getting closer internationally, and we have more education and access to information globally. Because our resources keep increasing because of new technology, media has access to more information internationally, and the media has the ability to spread word very fast, say if there is a natural desaster overseas, and they are in need of imediate relief, we will here about it sooner than way back when, and the sooner we hear about it, the faster we can do something about it.

->"Television is teaching all the time. It does more educating than all the schools and all the institutions of higher learning."- I agree with this statement. I believe that television has become such a huge and common thing internationally. I believe that especially teenagers are affected by what they see on tv. Also, because tv is not a requirement like school, it isn't boring, it doesn't involve sitting on a very stiff and uncomfortable seat and listening to mono-tone teachers, and it doesn't involve being told what to do, teenagers are more likely to WANT to spend more time watching tv, where they can control what they see, learn, take in, who is talking to them and they can choose where they want to sit. And because they are more proan to watch tv and actually pay attention to it, they will take more out of it. Plus, with all of the new technology internationally, you can watch specials on history and current news, thus educating us.