McLuhan

American  

[muh-kloo-uhn] / məˈklu ən /

noun

1. Marshall, 1911–80, Canadian cultural historian and mass-communications theorist.

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McLuhan British  

/ məˈkluːən /

noun

1. ( Herbert ) Marshall . 1911–80, Canadian author of works analysing the mass media, including Understanding Media (1964) and The Medium is the Message (1967)

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McLuhan

He attends lectures at the University of Toronto by Marshall McLuhan.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Although McLuhan wasn’t a Luddite—he was wary of television, and yet he made frequent broadcast appearances—he was suspicious of technological development without a moral foundation.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2025

“In terms of McLuhan, it isn’t a cool medium, it becomes a hot medium.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024

Communication theorist Marshall McLuhan famously observed that “the medium is the message,” challenging us go beyond the awe phase of new technology and ask questions about its social effects.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2023

Here McLuhan was still somehow captive to literacy, believing there was a message, as we are used to when writing or reading a text.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin