Thoughts about how medium theory can provide insights about new media. Discussion of McLuhan's notion of the lightbulb as a medium.


5 minutes, 31 seconds
Published: 8/27/2007

Discussion of how Brian Winston describes technological change in history. Includes comments about the printing press as the first machine with interchangeable parts.

5 minutes, 48 seconds
Published: 9/7/2007

Review of the major traditions in communication theory. Includes the world-wide release of "502's for Buckaroos," written by Geo Takach, and featuring MACTDaddy, N. Diddy, Snoop Christie, Ice P...

2 minutes, 47 seconds
Published: 4/28/2008

Discussion of changes in the organization of time and space after the invention of the telegraph. Includes a discussion of ethanol production as an example of unintended consequences.

10 minutes, 02 seconds
Published: 9/21/2007

Explains the invention of the telephone in relation to the creation of a new market, using historical examples involving the early telephone companies and the contemporary example of local dere...

7 minutes, 59 seconds
Published: 9/27/2007

Discusses the means by which social software brings together demand and production in a market. Includes a comment on James Beniger's concept of the "soft" control of society through technology...

10 minutes, 12 seconds
Published: 10/22/2007

Considers three national approaches to knowledge about communications and technology. Includes an invitation to listeners to respond to the podcast series.

9 minutes, 55 seconds
Published: 11/21/2007

First of two podcasts on the contributions of Marshall McLuhan to our understanding of the changes introduced into the social world by new technologies. Includes a description of how McLuhan’s ...

5 minutes, 59 seconds
Published: 10/29/2007

This is the second of two podcasts exploring Marshall McLuhan's ideas about information and communications technologies. Includes an explanation of the importance of the human body in McLuhan's...

10 minutes, 24 seconds
Published: 11/7/2007

Introducing theories of human communication. Includes discussion of the structure of a simple theory.


7 minutes, 41 seconds
Published: 3/20/2008