In today’s Fireside Chat we explore the ideas of Marshall McLuhan and the notion that the medium is the message – an idea that remains as thought-provoking today as it did in the 1960s.

If you are interested in reading more about McLuhan I would strongly recommend:

• Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media (2001)
• Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore, The Medium Is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects (1967)
• Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities (1983)
• Elizabeth Eisenstein, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, (1979)

History Fireside Chats are produced, recorded and researched by Dr Kristopher Lovell. The audio was recorded using the CAD M179

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