home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Understanding McLuhan
/
Understanding McLuhan (1996)(Voyager)[Mac-PC].iso
/
pc
/
mcluhan.dxr
/
03502_Field_PRTE T4.txt
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1996-04-10
|
690b
|
14 lines
Our laws of media are intended to provide a ready
means of identifying the properties of and actions
exerted upon ourselves by our technologies and
media and artefacts. They do not rest on any
concept of theory, but are empirical, and form a
practical means of perceiving the action and
effects of ordinary human tools and services.
They apply to all human artefacts, whether
hardware or software, whether bulldozers or
buttons, or poetic styles or philosophical systems.
The four laws are framed as questions: What does
the artefact enhance or intensify or make possible
or accelerate? This can be asked concerning a
wastebasket, a painting, a steam roller, or a