Understanding McLuhan/Understanding McLuhan (1996)(Voyager)[Mac-PC].iso/pc/mcluhan.dxr/05213_Field_OMJE T40.txt

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trying to force himself not to get into the
premature moralizing, not to get into the
sermonizing that seems to be such a popular
fixture of media studies. That includes many of
those who are very much indebted to McLuhan,
such as Neil Postman. What we instead have is
McLuhan’s relentless attempt, which he didn’t
always succeed at, “What’s going on?”, not “Is it
good or is it bad?” Now, one of the chief criticisms
that was raised against McLuhan was that he did
not have a set of moral perspectives on this
phenomena. In effect, he comes across as a kind of
amoral, celebrator of these changes, which, of
course, any right thinking person knows are really