The Medium is the Message, or the Mediating Conditions for Informing Systems
(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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- Lahtinen, Markus LU
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- publishing date
- 2020-12-28
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- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- 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
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- 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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