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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Example Sentences

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

McLuhan believed that whatever technology we use—in his time, telephone, telegraph, radio, or television—surrounds us in a certain environment.

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

In March 1969, Canadian philosopher and media theory expert Marshall McLuhan, in an interview with Playboy magazine, no less, warned us about the "numbing" sense that instantaneous transmission of information brings to our culture.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2023

This is what television has become since its initial adoption 40 years ago…The world is becoming a global village, as educator Marshall McLuhan predicted it would.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai