Marshall McLuhan Digital Prophecies: The medium is the message
About McLuhan does not analyse the content, but the form in which this content is delivered to us by the media. Since the medium is the message, if you don’t understand the medium you don’t understand the message either. The form informs identity, the ways we perceive ourselves, and since the form changes (from the telegraph to...social media), also our perception of the world and of ourselves is shaped by this shift. Credits Narrated by Alex Chow, student leader 2014 Hong Kong Umbrella movement Directed and animated by Daniel [...]
Ways of Seeing – John Berger, BBC 1972
About Ways of Seeing is a 1972 BBC series which later became a book. It is a seminal work of art criticism for the postmodern age. John Berger explores the ways in which we view art with a critical eye and challenges traditional art criticism. Credits Created by John Berger Produced by Mike Dibb