The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59418   Message #2542245
Posted By: Rapparee
18-Jan-09 - 11:37 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Are you familiar with the work of Shannon and Weaver in communications?

When does communication itself become noise? When does the gadget become the communication? (And don't give me "The medium is the message" because that is neither the title of McLuhan's work or what he was trying to convey.)