Canonic anti-text

It was interesting to me to read this in that it got me to thinking about the ways that I personally view media. How does it impact my life? Even though this article gives a different view of how McLuhan viewed media, it does give insight into what and how he saw communication. If anything Marshall McLuhan was a revolutionary of sorts in how he strove for the "organic" in his thought process. His thoughts on the nature of the technologies rather than the information contained on them is important because it does give us an understanding of what modern communication is. Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, cell phones are all ways that keep us connected to the "global village" that is our world. It amazes me that McLuhan saw this and what it would mean even when his colleagues thought he was mad!!!