But Wait: Are You Hot, Or Is Your Media?

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Is Your Media Hot Or Not? With Marshall Mcluhan! Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook Talk about this episode on reddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com What makes one medium different from another? There are obvious differences: books are made of paper (or… they used to be). Films are made of celluloid (or… they used to be). But do those differences account for the full breadth of how we experience each differently? Today, and in future episodes like this one, we're gonna talk about, and pick apart, one theory in particular - to see if, or how much, it helps us make sense of the world around us. And today’s theory is…. Marshall Mcluhan’s “Hot and Cold Media!” Mcluhan believed that there were two types of media: Hot Media, and Cold Media. But wait! Is it really that simple? Let us know what you think about how we interpret media in the comments below. ---------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------­-­-­-­ CHECK OUT OUR MERCH! http://bit.ly/1U8fS1B T-Shirts Designed by: http://artsparrow.com/ ---------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------­-­-­-­ TWEET OF THE WEEK:   / 749106629476356101   MIKE ON MENTAL FLOSS:    • 26 Fourth of July Facts - mental_floss Lis...   ---------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------­-­-­-­ FURTHER READING & SOURCES: http://www.footnotes.pbsideachannel.com http://footnotes.pbsideachannel.com/l... ---------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------­-­-­-­ ASSET LINKS: All asset links can be found in this fun Google Doc! https://docs.google.com/document/d/10... ---------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­-------------------------­-­-­ MUSIC at 6:47 Monotone - Minimalist   / minimalist   ---------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------­-­-­-­ Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) (who also has a podcast! Reasonably Sound: http://bit.ly/1sCn0BF) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)