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Marshall McLuhan & Walter Ong seated to his left By Nick Ripatrazone – Dec. 27. 2017 “I make probes,” wrote Marshall McLuhan. “I don’t explain—I explore.” In 1967 he published The Medium Is the Massage, an eccentric journey into how our senses experience electric media. That same year, Walter Ong, S.J.—whose graduate thesis adviser happened to be […]
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Father Paul A. Soukup, S. J. Father Paul A. Soukup, S. J. was the recipient of this year’s 7th annual Medium and the Light Award, in recognition of the religious dimensions of the life and work of Marshall McLuhan. The award was presented on Thursday, June 22 in Moraga, California at the 18th Annual Media […]
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“People don’t actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath.” — Marshall McLuhan Marshall McLuhan reading newspaper (1972) – Apropos Lou Forsdale visit to Marshall McLuhan for taping piece for Electric Media volume for High Schools (Harcourt Brace) By Peter Feuerherd, professor of journalism at St. John’s University in […]
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Saint Michael’s College Science Association, the Interconnectivity Studies Working Group and the University of St. Michael’s College will present a two-hour symposium on climate change and the Pope’s encyclical Laudato si’ (“Praise be to You”). LOCATION: Alumni Hall 100, 121 St. Joseph Street DATE: Thursday, April 6, 2017 *** TIME: 4 PM to 6 […]
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EXTENDED DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28, 2017 Technology, Spirituality, Ecology Saint Mary’s College Of California JUNE 22-25, 2017 Responding to a large number of requests, the deadline for proposal submissions for the 18th annual convention of the Media Ecology Association (MEA) has been extended to February 28, 2017. Saint Mary’s College of California is proud to host the […]
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Marshall McLuhan is still the most penetrating Christian humanist to grasp that technology has forced us to rediscover how humans can use it to advance our species and preserve its humanity. By James Poulos , January 3, 2017 It’s time—again—for a resurgence of interest in Marshall McLuhan. After a posthumous revival in the 1970s and ‘80s, McLuhan […]
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CALL FOR PAPERS: The 18th Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association Technology, Spirituality, Ecology Saint Mary’s College Of California JUNE 22-25, 2017 Saint Mary’s College of California is proud to host the 18th annual convention of the Media Ecology Association (MEA). Founded in 1863, Saint Mary’s is one of the oldest colleges in the western […]
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The Medium and the Light: Spirituality in the Global Theatre In collaboration with St. Paul’s Bloor Street With Randy Boyagoda, University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto; Charles Falzon, Ryerson University; Anna-Liza Kozma, CBC. Writer, critic and scholar Randy Boyagoda is the Principal and Vice-President of the University of St. Michael’s College […]
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Marshall McLuhan’s legendary status confirmed with exhibition By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register, October 23, 2016 When Marshall McLuhan died New Year’s Eve 1980, the University of Toronto lost a man they found slightly embarrassing. In the view of university administrators, McLuhan’s Monday night seminars on culture, technology and media had become more cult than curriculum. […]
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The Patron Saint of Media Studies: A Catholic View
Marshall McLuhan was a Catholic, having converted from the Baptist and Methodist faiths of his parents in 1937 at the age of 26. But is his body of work on media theory essentially Catholic in its scope and substance? Partially it certainly is. In his late teens and 20s he was influenced by Thomist philosophy […]
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