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The Medium is the Message, or the Mediating Conditions for Informing Systems

Lahtinen, Markus LU orcid (2020) In CEUR Workshop Proceedings 2789. p.101-109
Abstract
In this paper, the works of communication theorist Marshall McLuhan will be laid out in a socio-technical tradition of thoughts. Noted for coining the term ‘the global village’, another well-recognized adage of McLuhan is ‘the medium is the message’. Adapting the perspective of viewing information systems essentially as a language and meaning environment, the set of ideas offered by McLuhan offers a promising way to think about the relationship between media, meaning and language. Inspired by his work, I explore the media-specific qualities of two different media associated with higher education – traditional classroom and the rising online format.
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McLuhan, socio-technology, media, education, Information Systems
host publication
Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS Development (STPIS 2020), Virtual conference in Grenoble, France, June 8-9, 2020
series title
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
volume
2789
pages
9 pages
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  • scopus:85099415843
ISSN
1613-0073
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English
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yes
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c0a72606-9c3e-42b7-bcdc-be9fe920be0e
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http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2789/paper14.pdf
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2020-12-28 22:06:45
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  abstract     = {{In this paper, the works of communication theorist Marshall McLuhan will be laid out in a socio-technical tradition of thoughts. Noted for coining the term ‘the global village’, another well-recognized adage of McLuhan is ‘the medium is the message’. Adapting the perspective of viewing information systems essentially as a language and meaning environment, the set of ideas offered by McLuhan offers a promising way to think about the relationship between media, meaning and language. Inspired by his work, I explore the media-specific qualities of two different media associated with higher education – traditional classroom and the rising online format.}},
  author       = {{Lahtinen, Markus}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS Development (STPIS 2020), Virtual conference in Grenoble, France, June 8-9, 2020}},
  issn         = {{1613-0073}},
  keywords     = {{McLuhan; socio-technology; media; education; Information Systems}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{12}},
  pages        = {{101--109}},
  series       = {{CEUR Workshop Proceedings}},
  title        = {{The Medium is the Message, or the Mediating Conditions for Informing Systems}},
  url          = {{http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2789/paper14.pdf}},
  volume       = {{2789}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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