Topic: Marshall McLuhan
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The Influencing Machine
NPR’s Brooke Gladstone entertainingly recounts media history in a graphic novel.
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'Caine's Arcade': sweet film starring pint-size entrepreneur goes viral (+video)
'Caine's Arcade,' a short film about the innocent determination of a Los Angeles boy who made an entire arcade out of cardboard boxes, has become an Internet sensation.
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What have been Obama's biggest mistakes? Twitter users get an answer.
President Obama used a first-ever White House Twitter town hall to reach out to young voters. Twitter users sent in questions from around the country.
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The Oscars: In 'King's Speech' and 'Social Network,' media are the message
Two Best Picture contenders at the Oscars, 'King's Speech' and 'The Social Network,' revolve around the advent of new forms of communication. Why that theme resounds with audiences.
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Want to change our national discourse? Don't be a slave to it.
Pundits aren’t solely to blame for the vitriol. They’re just giving us what we want. New media and the Internet heightened our symbiotic relationship – making everyone a demanding participant and sensational purveyor. To change our discourse we have to be masters, not slaves, to the cycle.
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Eliot Spitzer on CNN: Does he deserve a second chance?
Eliot Spitzer, the disgraced former New York governor, co-hosts a high-profile new talk show beginning Monday.
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Hamlet’s BlackBerry
Mining Plato, Shakespeare, and Thoreau for tips on better living in the digital age.
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The Best Spiritual Writing of 2010
A collection of essays that examine all manner of things spiritual.
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For Obama, no buddies abroad
Other U.S. presidents have bonded with foreign leaders, but Obama so far has no such ties. Does that matter?
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‘Reaching out’ over the holidays
A verb that had a glory run a generation ago seems to be making a comeback.
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The Saudi King's vision for interfaith dialogue
This week's special gathering at the UN can help unite us in the fight against extremism.
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
Paul Theroux retraces his epic railway journey, 30 years later.
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Chapter & Verse
Please turn to page 69
How to determine if you will like a book before you actually read it.
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Verbal energy: Going geeky over type fonts
Awareness of type design has gone mainstream.
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