{"product_id":"the-medium-is-the-massage-9781584230700","title":"The Medium Is the Massage","description":"\u003cb\u003e30 years after its publication Marshall McLuhan's The Medium is the Massage remains his most entertaining, provocative and piquant book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith every technological and social advancement, McLuhan's proclamation that \"the media work us over completely\" becomes more evident and plain. In his words, so pervasive are they in their personal, political, economic, aesthetic, psychological, moral, ethical and social consequences that they leave no part of us untouched, unaffected, or unaltered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcLuhan suggests modern audiences enjoy MainStream media as soothing, enjoyable, and relaxing; however, the pleasure we find in the MainStream media is deceiving, because\/as\/since the changes between society and technology are incongruent, perpetuating an Age of Anxiety. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcLuhan's remarkable observation that \"societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication\" is undoubtedly more relevant today than ever before. With the rise of the internet and the explosion of the digital revolution there has never been a better time to revisit Marshall McLuhan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2519959\"\u003eMarshall McLuhan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gingko Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781584230700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1584230703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART016000\"\u003eIndividual Artists | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DES\"\u003eDesign\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DES007000\"\u003eGraphic Arts | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gingko Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50826135175465,"sku":"9781584230700","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_6afe2469-4fe5-4b2d-a600-2c314263a8d5.jpg?v=1755709665","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-medium-is-the-massage-9781584230700","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}