Departmental Papers (ASC)
Document Type
Other
Date of this Version
2013
Publication Source
International Encyclopedia of Media Studies
Volume
1
Start Page
1
Last Page
20
DOI
10.1002/9781444361506.wbiems003
Abstract
This chapter examines the work of the media “structuralists” of the so‐called Canadian or Toronto school of media studies: Harold Adams Innis, Marshall McLuhan, and Walter J. Ong, especially. Their work is placed within its historical context, both in terms of scholarly ancestry and in terms of its reception in North American universities and especially in schools of journalism. A critical assessment of the work of these scholars as media history is offered, recognizing its shortcomings as historical narrative but also its appeal as a way of understanding the influence of media forms.
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Recommended Citation
Marvin, C. (2013). Left Behind: End Times for a Media Technology Paradigm in International Encyclopedia of Media Studies, Vol. I (pp. 1-20). Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444361506.wbiems003
Date Posted: 11 March 2019