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  2. The medium is the message - Wikipedia

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    The phrase was coined by Marshall McLuhan. " The medium is the message " is a phrase coined by the Canadian communication theorist Marshall McLuhan and the name of the first chapter [1] in his Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, published in 1964. [2][3] McLuhan proposes that a communication medium itself, not the messages it carries ...

  3. Conventional wisdom - Wikipedia

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    Evidence-based medicine is a deliberate effort to acknowledge expert opinion (conventional wisdom) and how it coexists with scientific data. Evidence-based medicine acknowledges that expert opinion is "evidence" and plays a role to fill the "gap between the kind of knowledge generated by clinical research studies and the kind of knowledge necessary to make the best decision for individual ...

  4. Media (communication) - Wikipedia

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    In communication, media (singular medium) are the outlets or tools used to store and deliver content; semantic information or subject matter of which the media contains. [1] [2] The term generally refers to components of the mass media communications industry, such as print media, publishing, news media, photography, cinema, broadcasting (radio and television), digital media, and advertising. [3]

  5. Understanding Media - Wikipedia

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    Understanding Media. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man is a 1964 book by Marshall McLuhan, in which the author proposes that the media, not the content that they carry, should be the focus of study. He suggests that the medium affects the society in which it plays a role mainly by the characteristics of the medium rather than the content.

  6. Media studies - Wikipedia

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    Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but it mostly draws from its core disciplines of mass communication, communication, communication sciences, and ...

  7. Digital media - Wikipedia

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    "Triple-product" business model of digital media platforms. [7]Digital media platforms like YouTube work through a triple-product business model in which platforms provide information and entertainment (infotainment) to the public often at no cost, while simultaneously capturing their attention, and also collecting user data to sell to advertisers. [7]

  8. Media ecology - Wikipedia

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    Media ecology. Media ecology theory is the study of media, technology, and communication and how they affect human environments. [1] The theoretical concepts were proposed by Marshall McLuhan in 1964, [2] while the term media ecology was first formally introduced by Neil Postman in 1968. [3]

  9. Multimedia - Wikipedia

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    Multimedia is a robust education methodology within the social work context. The five different types of multimedia that support the education process are narrative media, interactive media, communicative media, adaptive media, and productive media. Contrary to long-standing belief, multimedia technology in social work education existed before ...