In the 1960s, way before anybody had ever tweeted, Facebook Live-d or sent classified information to WikiLeaks, one man made a series of pronouncements about the changing media landscape.
His name was Marshall McLuhan and you’ve probably heard his most quoted line:
“The medium is the message”.
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Narrated by Alex Chow, student leader 2014 Hong Kong Umbrella movement
Directed and animated by Daniel Savage
