Title: | McLuhan the Manitoban |
Collections: | Archives & Special Collections |
Description: | Herbert Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) is widely recognized as the pioneer of contemporary media studies, including media literacy. He was brought up in the Fort Rouge area of Winnipeg and received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Manitoba. McLuhan eventually earned a PhD from Cambridge University, and became a professor of English literature, prophetic poet, satirist, and renowned communications visionary & media commentator. Virtually everything for which Marshall McLuhan became internationally renowned was already evident in his public writings as a young man living in Winnipeg and studying at the University of Manitoba. Several articles written for The Manitoban between 1930 and 1934 have been digitized here by The University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections with the permission of the Estate of Marshall McLuhan. |
Related Items: | Archives |
Format: | text |
Subjects: | World History, Peoples, and Cultures; Government, Law, and Human Rights; Media and Communications; University of Manitoba History |
Place: | , Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Map link: | http://maps.google.com/?q= |
Author: | McLuhan, Marshall, |
Languages: | English |
Permalink: | http://hdl.handle.net/10719/mcluhan |
Publisher: | The Manitoban |
Publication location: | University of Manitoba |
Copyright: | Restriction on access; use and reproduction : All McLuhan articles are under copyright of the Estate of Marshall McLuhan and are published here with the support of the Estate. |
Copyright: | For copyright information please contact archives@umanitoba.ca |
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Herbert Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) is widely recognized as the pioneer of contemporary media studies, including media literacy. He was brought up in the Fort Rouge area of Winnipeg and received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Manitoba. McLuhan eventually earned a PhD from Cambridge University, and became a professor of English literature, prophetic poet, satirist, and renowned communications visionary & media commentator. Virtually everything for which Marshall McLuhan became internationally renowned was already evident in his public writings as a young man living in Winnipeg and studying at the University of Manitoba. Several articles written for The Manitoban between 1930 and 1934 have been digitized here by The University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections with the permission of the Estate of Marshall McLuhan.