It can be argued that author Marshall McLuhan was a man before his times, and his social perspectives on the emerging trends in technological development and man's interactions with the media were considered copious at best when he developed his premises in the early 1960s. But the transformation of the world through the integration of the media and technology and the emergence of the Internet as the foremost component of the global community underscores the primary arguments that McLuhan developed. This 6 page paper considers the major premises of McLuhan and then reflects the nature of current society and the impacts of McLuhan's early predictions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Bibliography lists 10 sources. Documentary television is instrumental in providing insightful and extraordinarily entertaining accounts of both an historical and personal nature. It has been the connection between civilization past and present, utilizing actual and imagined events as a means by which to convey myriad emotions, facts and sometimes just pure anecdotal remembrances. When one studies the various aspects of documentary television, several key elements come to mind with regard to the way any given series might be compiled and broadcast.