Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 93, in which I explore how Marshall McLuhan's "tetrad" or four laws of media, first publicly propounded in the mid-late 1970s, can explain the "selfie" which didn't exist until a few years ago and is so vividly in evidence today.
 
This is the photograph which instigated this train of thought - thanks to Ian Bogost for pushing it out of the station.
 
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You might also enjoy this podcast episode: <a href="http://paullev.libsyn.com/marshall-mc-luhan-and-the-kindle">Marshall McLuhan and the Kindle</a>.  See also <a href="http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2014/04/tetrad-on-eyeglasses-flipping-into.html">Tetrad on Eyeglasses Fliiping into Google Glass</a> and <a href="http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2014/10/photography-flips-into-snapchat.html">Photography Flips into Snapchat</a>.
more about McLuhan
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Paul Levinson talks about TV, movies, politics, social media, outer space, good food, science fiction; occasionally reads from his science fiction stories, plays concerts of his music, interviews other authors