Walo Fenton's video: CBC Television News - Understanding McLuhan finally 1995

The Story: In 1995 Marshall McLuhan's idea of an interconnected world run by a circuitry system is no longer just a theory. A new medium called "the Internet" sounds a lot like McLuhan's ideas of world connectivity. In the 1960s the media theorist and University of Toronto professor predicted a system similar to the Internet. Derrick de Kerckhove, once a student and assistant of McLuhan's, says the information highway has caught up with us. In this CBC TV clip, de Kerckhove explains: "I think that McLuhan had predicted that. Had we all read McLuhan carefully ... we'd probably be faster and better, more ready to get on with it." Did You Know?: • As early as 1964 McLuhan predicted there would be a "discarnate experience" with the electronic age. He believed people would develop relationships through electronic means alone. • In January 1996 Wired magazine listed Marshall McLuhan under its masthead with the job title "Patron Saint." • Derrick de Kerckhove worked with McLuhan at the University of Toronto's Centre for Culture and Technology. • The professor founded the Centre for Culture and Technology in 1963. After his death the centre remained open, run by his disciples, including de Kerckhove. • De Kerckhove has since translated McLuhan's From Cliché to Archetype into French. 
Credits: Medium: Television Program: CBC Television News Broadcast Date: June 14, 1995 Reporter: Mike Wise Guest(s): Paul Benedetti, Derrick de Kerckhove Duration: 1:33