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Eric McLuhan
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Eric McLuhan in 2008
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| Born | January 19, 1942 |
| Died | May 18, 2018 (aged 76) Bogotá, Colombia
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| Alma mater | Wisconsin State University |
| Parent(s) | Marshall McLuhan, Corinne Lewis |
Eric McLuhan (born January 19, 1942 – died May 18, 2018) was an important thinker. He studied how people communicate and how media affects us. He was the son of the famous thinker Marshall McLuhan.
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About Eric McLuhan
Eric McLuhan was the oldest of Marshall McLuhan's six children. He earned his first degree in Communications from Wisconsin State University in 1972. Later, he got his Master's and PhD degrees in English Literature from the University of Dallas.
Awards and Recognition
In 2007, Eric McLuhan received an award called the Neil Postman Award. This award recognized his achievements in public intellectual activity. In 2011, the University of St. Michael's College in Toronto, Canada, gave him an honorary law degree.
What is Media Ecology?
Eric McLuhan actually created the term 'media ecology'. He came up with it while teaching at Fordham University in 1967-1968. He was teaching there with his father, Marshall McLuhan. Media ecology is a field of study. It looks at how different types of media, like TV or the internet, affect human society and culture.
Working with His Father
Eric McLuhan worked closely with his father, Marshall McLuhan. They wrote several books together. These books include Laws of Media: The New Science (1990) and Media and Formal Cause (2011). He also helped his father with other books.
Teaching and Other Work
Eric McLuhan taught at several places. He worked at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto. He was also the Director of Media Studies at the Harris Institute for the Arts in Toronto for 17 years. Before that, he taught at York University and Ontario College of Art. He also helped start a company called McLuhan and Davies Communications.
His Own Books
Eric McLuhan wrote many of his own books. Some of his well-known works include Electric Language (1998) and The Sensus Communis, Synesthesia, and the Soul: An Odyssey (2015). He also edited a journal called McLuhan Studies. He helped put together many collections of his father's writings.
Later Life and Passing
Eric McLuhan lived in Ontario, Canada. Even in retirement, he kept working on new books and projects. He continued to study his own ideas and his father's work. He passed away in Bogotá, Colombia, on May 18, 2018. This was just one day after he gave an important speech at the University of La Sabana.
Key Works by Eric McLuhan
- City as Classroom (with Marshall McLuhan), 1977
- Laws of Media: The New Science (with Marshall McLuhan), 1988
- Electric Language: Understanding the Present, 1998
- Media and Formal Cause (with Marshall McLuhan), 2011
- Theories of Communication (with Marshall McLuhan), 2011
- The Sensus Communis: Synesthesia, and the Soul, 2015
See also
- Tetrad of media effects
