McLuhan

American

[muh-kloo-uhn] / məˈklu ən /

noun

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

McLuhan British

/ məˈkluːən /

noun

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

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2026

Born in 1911 and raised in “a loose sort of Protestantism,” McLuhan drifted toward agnosticism as an undergraduate, but converted to Catholicism during his doctoral studies at Cambridge.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

McLuhan embraced the Catholic doctrine that God became flesh in the person of Jesus Christ.

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

Marshall McLuhan plays year after year in the Superbowl.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

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