McLuhan predicts 'world connectivity' 1965

Did You Know?:

• McLuhan's prediction of a world connected by electronic circuits came true in 1995 when people around the globe began using the Internet, a secret computer network developed by the U.S. Defense Department in the 1970s. A report about the resurgence of McLuhan's ideas with the advent of the Web may be seen in Clip 10.
• After completing a Masters of Arts degree at the University of Manitoba (1934) and a literature degree at Cambridge University (1936), McLuhan was unable to find work at a Canadian university. He left for the United States in 1936, accepting a position at the University of Wisconsin and a year later moved to the University of St. Louis.
• In 1939 McLuhan started his MA at Cambridge and by 1943 he completed his PhD in literature.
• McLuhan originally considered studying engineering but decided against it when he excelled in literature.
• McLuhan moved back to Canada in 1944 to teach at Assumption College, now the University of Windsor. Two years later he accepted a position at the University of Toronto's St. Michael's College, where he remained until he retired in 1979 after suffering a stroke.
• During his time at St. Michael's, he took a one-year sabbatical from 1967 to 1968, accepting a chair at New York's Fordham University.


Credits:

Medium: Television
Program: Take 30
Broadcast Date: April 1, 1965
Hosts: George Garlock, Paul Soles
Guest(s): Marshall McLuhan
Duration: 3:25

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