The Medium Is The Massage-Marshall Mcluhan

Have you ever contemplated suicide? Are you now or have you ever been. . . ? Are you aware of the fact ? ”. These question forces you to deep think about where you stand with yourself. He begins to ask how much you make? Is it enough for you and your family to survive? Do you make more than you need? Do you help others? Then he asks about suicidal thoughts, this is due to the correlation of the mental state of mind and your job. Are you not satisfied by what you earn or is it the media around you and the celebrities around making you unsatisfied? McLuhan is trying to make us understand how media now is having a major hand in our daily life and how it changes how we think about our self. Moreover, he states, “tyrannical womb-to-tomb surveillance are causing a very serious dilemma between our claim to privacy and the community’s need to know. ” There is a think line between surveillance and the need to know, this is where the discussion beings as to how we are being watched over even before we come into the world, all the way to our expiry date through various channels such as CCTV camera, bank statements, credit card transactions, online surfacing, our phones GPS as to where we are every single second has breached our privacy.

In 2013 Edward Snowden shriek blowing upheaval uncovered the Constant worldwide observation and the legislatures attempt on their nationals, the publics assessment on Snowden extended from trickster to legend and underlines the issue that impacts our general public. This being refuted by the saying the community needs to know what everyone is doing to predict any threats or violence in the future. Media in general plays a big role in this as it is the main component to know things, to find out what people are doing, what celebrities are up to lately, what new drama they can write a blog/Article about or report an incident to get views on their respective platforms. Then McLuhan compares the past ways of traditional isolation and privacy which did not inform everyone of peoples doing and yet the world kept on moving with the modern electrical medium of transferring information instantaneously all over the world which no redemption or going back from it. We can see the present-day case of tweet and remarks posted online have brought about employment expulsion, capture, and online maltreatment. The erasing of these tweets or remarks have an insignificant impact, anything posted on the web possibly could keep going forever You McLuhan beings the YOU section by eye catching question such as “How much do you make? Have you ever contemplated suicide? Are you now or have you ever been? Are you aware of the fact ? ”.

These question forces you to deep think about where you stand with yourself. He begins to ask how much you make? Is it enough for you and your family to survive? Do you make more than you need? Do you help others? Then he asks about suicidal thoughts, this is due to the correlation of the mental state of mind and your job. Are you not satisfied by what you earn or is it the media around you and the celebrities around making you unsatisfied? McLuhan is trying to make us understand how media now is having a major hand in our daily life and how it changes how we think about our self. Moreover, he states, “tyrannical womb-to-tomb surveillance are causing a very serious dilemma between our claim to privacy and the community’s need to know. ” There is a think line between surveillance and the need to know, this is where the discussion beings as to how we are being watched over even before we come into the world, all the way to our expiry date through various channels such as CCTV camera, bank statements, credit card transactions, online surfacing, our phones GPS as to where we are every single second has breached our privacy. In 2013 Edward Snowden shriek blowing upheaval uncovered the Constant worldwide observation and the legislatures attempt on their nationals, the publics assessment on Snowden extended from trickster to legend and underlines the issue that impacts our general public. This being refuted by the saying the community needs to know what everyone is doing to predict any threats or violence in the future.

Media in general plays a big role in this as it is the main component to know things, to find out what people are doing, what celebrities are up to lately, what new drama they can write a blog/Article about or report an incident to get views on their respective platforms. Then McLuhan compares the past ways of traditional isolation and privacy which did not inform everyone of peoples doing and yet the world kept on moving with the modern electrical medium of transferring information instantaneously all over the world which no redemption or going back from it. We can see the present-day case of tweet and remarks posted online have brought about employment expulsion, capture, and online maltreatment. The erasing of these tweets or remarks have an insignificant impact, anything posted on the web possibly could keep going forever