In McLuhan’s media theory, the terms figure and ground describe the relationship between the main focus of a medium (the “figure”) and the surrounding context or environment in which it operates (the “ground”). McLuhan borrowed these terms from Gestalt psychology, which studies how we perceive objects in relation to… Tim Bouma Nov 4, 2024, 12:08 PM
“The price we pay for special technological extensions, whether wheel, alphabet or computer, is that these massive extensions of sense become closed systems.” Marshall McLuhan, Laws of Media… Tim Bouma Nov 4, 2024, 12:02 PM
“Money is a metaphor in the sense that it stores skill and labour and also translates one skill into another.” Marshall McLuhan, Laws of Media… Tim Bouma Nov 4, 2024, 11:59 AM
In McLuhan’s media theory, the terms figure and ground describe the relationship between the main focus of a medium (the “figure”) and the surrounding context or environment in which it operates (the “ground”). McLuhan borrowed these terms from Gestalt psychology, which studies how we perceive objects in relation to… Tim Bouma Nov 4, 2024, 11:43 AM
Fact: Squirrels can fall from any height because the terminal velocity they reach is not enough to kill them on impact.… Tim Bouma Nov 3, 2024, 10:39 PM
