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McLuhan's predictions come true
He was a man of idioms and idiosyncrasies, deeply intelligent and a soothsayer. He had prescient knowledge of the Internet. Although educated in literature, Marshall McLuhan was known as a pop philosopher because his theories applied to mini-skirts and the twist. For his ability to keep up with the cutting edge, one colleague called him "The Runner." Critics said he destroyed literary values. Today, McLuhan's ideas are new again, applied to the electronic media that he predicted.
Program: The Arts Tonight
Broadcast Date: June 8, 1992
Guest(s): Wayne Constantino, Eric McLuhan, Frank Zingrony
Host: Shelagh Rogers
Duration: 17:09
Last updated: January 4, 2013
Page consulted on March 28, 2013
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