Haapsalu cheap hotel bookingReview by Ian Crellin

five star hotel in GroningenAs the rate of technological change in the communications world shows no sign of letting up, it is useful (and comforting) to be re-exposed to the ideas of Marshall McLuhan, one of the major contributors to our understanding of it. The Video McLuhan brings together, on six video tapes, all the existing footage of McLuhan -- interviews, panel discussions and lectures shot between 1958 and 1979. We see McLuhan dealing deftly with skeptical interviewers and dissenting theorists, the ideas pouring out all the while. We see him before university audiences merging theory and jokes. Tom Wolfe's narration for the first three tapes provides a clear (if personal) sense of the cultural context of the times and many insights into the way in which McLuhan worked. This is a very timely production and satisfying in its completeness. Highly recommended for academic video collections.

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