Monday, September 17, 2012

Marshall McLuhan on Educational Entertainment


Edutainment

Bud asks if he can switch to a movie channel.
Father: Sure. Good night for movies. Moneyball’s showing on Fox.
Bud: Oh no. Pete Sprat said it’s a con. You think it’s about baseball but it’s really about maths.
Father: Edutainment!
Bud: So which is it: education or entertainment?
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Voice-over
Marshall McLuhan came up with a lot of enigmatic aphorisms, particularly about media. In one, he said, “Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either.” He foresaw educational entertainment. A man ahead of his time.
What do you know about Marshall McLuhan? See synopsis of McLuhan at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9MafrHvSVQ

11 comments:

Susumu said...

11AA020
I knew that Marshall Mcluhan is very important for modern medium in this assignment. I was surprised that he predicted World Wide Web almost thirty years before it was invented and I think his concept of medium is interesting.

11aa002 said...

It was difficult for me to understand synopsis of McLuhan.
But I'm surprised that Internet was predicted 30 years ago by McLuhan.
What a bright man!

11AA022 said...

He developed the original media studies from all viewpoints.
I especially like his insistence, "Technology and media are extension of man's body".

Anonymous said...

11aa006
He insisted that Media is Message.It is interesting word for me.Because I have thought media is only a tool to tell a lot of information.

11AA026 said...

Accoding to this movie, I believe that his ideas lead to newspapers and electricity, and it's a basis of the modern medium. So, the existence of modern medium is sure to his favor.

Anonymous said...

11AA034
He said, "media is a message." I always focus on the contents of media. So his thought is very curious for me.

Anonymous said...

11AA007
he was a professor of english literature, but he became well-known of theory on media.
he got a Ph.D at University of Cambridge. this is not related on what he did to the social, but i recognized that cambridge could transmit something to the world.

Anonymous said...

I was surprised that Marshall Mcluhan's great achivement has greatly influenced around the world.
He was a smart man!

Anonymous said...

11AA033
In "The Gutenberg Galaxy", M.McLunan said that people have an unconsciousness because they became to use letter Ancient people didn't have unconsciousness.

11AA026 said...

Corrected edition

Accoding to this movie, I believe that his ideas lead to newspapers and electricity, and it's a basis of the modern medium. So, the existence of modern medium is thanks large to him.

Barry Natusch said...

Thanks for the comments team! Just a note for 026. McLuhan didn't actually bring modern media like the internet into existence. He merely predicted it.