An opticalmedium is material through which electromagnetic wave s propagate. It is a form of transmission medium . The permittivity and Permeability electromagnetism permeability of the medium define how electromagnetic waves propagate in it. The medium has an intrinsic impedance , given by math eta E x over H y math where math E x math and math H y math are the electric field and magnetic field , respectively. In a region with no electrical conductivity , the expression simplifies to math eta sqrt mu over varepsilon . math For example, in free space the intrinsic impedance is called the characteristic impedance of vacuum , denoted Z sub 0 sub , and math Z 0 sqrt mu 0 over varepsilon 0 . math Waves propagate through a medium with velocity math c w nu lambda math , where math nu math is the frequency and math lambda math is the wavelength of the electromagnetic waves. This equation also may be put in the form math c w omega over k , math where math omega math is the angular frequency of the wave and math k math is the wavenumber of the wave. In electrical engineering , the symbol math beta math , called the phase constant , is often used instead of math k math . The propagation velocity of electromagnetic waves in free space , an idealized standard reference state like absolute zero for temperature , is conventionally denoted by c sub 0 sub ref With ISO 31 5 , NIST and the BIPM have adopted the notation c sub 0 sub . ref math c 0 1 over sqrt varepsilon 0 mu 0 , math where math varepsilon 0 math is the electric constant and math mu 0 math is the magnetic constant . For a general introduction, see Serway ref name Serway cite book author Raymond Serway & Jewett J title Physics for scientists and engineers edition 6th Edition year 2003 publisher Thomson Brooks Cole location Belmont CA isbn 0 534 40842 7 url http worldcat.org isbn 0 534 40842 7 ref For a discussion of man made ... fiber Category Optics Medium Category Electric and magnetic fields in matter Medium cs Optick prost ed ... more details
wiktionary mediumMedium may refer to TOC right Communication Medium communication , storage and or transmission tools used to store and deliver information or data Transmission medium , in physics and telecommunications, any material substance which can propagate waves or energy Opticalmedium , material through which electromagnetic waves propagate Medium of instruction , any language or other tools used to educate, train, or instruct Natural science Processing medium , in industrial engineering, a material that plays a role in manufacturing processes Excitable medium , a nonlinear dynamic system which has the capacity to propagate a wave Gain medium , a quantum system that allows amplification of power gain of waves passing through usually by stimulated emission Growth medium or culture medium , in biotechnology, an object in which microorganisms or cells experience growth Interplanetary medium , in astronomy, material which fills the solar system Interstellar medium , in astronomy, the matter and energy content that exists between the stars within a galaxy Porous medium , in engineering ... Artistic medium The Medium , an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti The Medium 1951 film The Medium 1951 film , a film version of the opera directed by Menotti The Medium 1992 film The Medium 1992 film , an English film from Singapore Medium TV series Medium TV series , a television series about a research medium for a district attorney s office Other Medium spirituality , a practice in which a person claims to be an intermediary between the physical world and the spiritual world Medium Productions , a record label The Medium Rutgers The Medium Rutgers , an entertainment weekly at Rutgers Medium company See also Media disambiguation disambiguation af Medium cs Medium da Medium de Medium Begriffskl rung es Medium fr M dium he mk ms Medium nl Medium ja no Medium pl Medium simple Medium sk M dium fi Medium sv Medium zh ... more details
about the opera Medium disambiguation Menotti operas The Medium is a short one hour long two act dramatic opera with words and music by Gian Carlo Menotti . Commissioned by Columbia University , its first performance was there on 8 May 1946. The opera s first professional production was presented on a double bill with Menotti s The Telephone, or L Amour trois The Telephone at the Heckscher Theater, New York City, February 18 20, 1947 by the Ballet Society . The Broadway theatre Broadway production took place on May 1, 1947, at the Ethel Barrymore Theater with the same cast. ref http www.ibdb.com production.asp?ID 1549 Internet Broadway Database The Telephone The Medium Production Credits Bot generated title ref In 1951, Menotti directed, with the help of filmmaker Alexandr Hackenschmied Alexander Hammid , a The Medium 1951 film film version made to resemble film noir , and starring Anna Maria Alberghetti . A live television production starring Marie Powers took place on 12 December 1948 on the TV series Studio One TV series Studio One . Deleted image removed Image Vlcsnap 98649.png 300px Monica Anna Maria Alberghetti and Toby Leopoldo Savona Leo Coleman look for Mme. Flora in the village streets in the 1951 film version of The Medium , directed by the composer. right thumb Roles class wikitable Role Voice type Professional Premiere Cast, February 18, 1947 br Conductor Jascha Zayde Monica soprano Evelyn Keller actress Evelyn Keller Toby muteness mute Leo Coleman Madame Flora Baba contralto Marie Powers Mrs Gobineau soprano Beverly Dame Mr Gobineau baritone Frank Rogier Mrs ... Synopsis Act 1 The medium s parlor Monica, Madame Flora s daughter, and Toby, a mute servant boy ... The Medium 1951 at IMDB http www.imdb.com title tt0712518 The Medium 1948 at IMDB DEFAULTSORT Medium ... Category Operas Category 1946 operas Category Operas set in the United States de Das Medium es La m dium it The Medium ... more details
Infobox musical artist For groups see Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name MediumMedium image 593203mm14.jpg alt MediumMedium in 2004 caption MediumMedium in 2004 image size landscape yes background group or band alias origin Nottingham , England genre Dance punk br Post punk br Funk years active Start date 1978 &ndash 1983, 2004&ndash label Cherry Red Records associated acts C Cat Trance website http www.mediummedium.com current members John Rees Lewis br Alan Turton br Andy Ryder br Steve Harvey past members Nigel Stone br Graham Spink br Leslie Joachim Barrett br Julie Wood MediumMedium were a post punk band from Nottingham , England, initially active between 1978 and 1983. History Emerging in 1978 out of Nottingham Punk rock punk rhythm & blues band The Press, ref name Unterberger Unterberger, Richie Allmusic class artist id p19279 pure url yes MediumMedium Biography , Allmusic , retrieved 2010 10 02 ref MediumMedium s debut single was Them or Me , which was released in late 1978 and was still selling well enough in 1980 to place in the UK Independent Chart . ref name Strong Strong, Martin C. 2003 The Great Indie Discography , Canongate, ISBN 1 84195 335 0, p. 257 ref ref name Lazell Lazell, Barry 1998 Indie Hits 1980 1989 , Cherry Red Books, ISBN 0 9517206 9 4, p. 145 ref The second single, Hungry, So Angry, was released in February 1981 on Cherry Red Records . One of the first records to introduce slap bass a technique borrowed from black funk music to a generally white audience, Hungry, So Angry reached the 48 spot in Billboard magazine Billboard s Disco chart and has ... a new record deal and MediumMedium split up in late 1983. Inspired by a Cherry Red retrospective CD release in 2001 and the subsequent dance punk revival, MediumMedium reformed in late 2004 for several ... venture, the band has stated plans to continue to write, record and perform. In 2010 MediumMedium released ... MySpace mediummedium MediumMedium Video http punkcast.com 593 PUNKCAST 593 live Knitting Factory NYC ... more details
cable , one example of a transmission medium Electromagnetic radiation can be transmitted through an opticalmediumoptical media , such as optical fiber , or through twisted pair wires, coaxial cable ...dablink This article is about transmission of electrical, optical, or acoustic signals. For biological ... medium plural transmission media is a material substance solid , liquid , gas , or plasma physics plasma that can wave propagation propagate energy wave s. For example, the transmission medium ... for sound. The absence of a material medium in vacuum may also constitute a transmission medium ... medium also refers to a technical device that employs the material substance to transmit or guide waves. Thus, an optical fiber or a copper cable is a transmission medium. Not only this bt also is able to guide the transmission of networks. A transmission medium can be classified as a Linear medium , if different waves at any particular point in the medium can be superposition principle superposed Bounded medium , if it is finite in extent, otherwise unbounded medium Uniform medium or homogeneous medium , if its physical properties are unchanged at different points Isotropic medium , if its ... of matter, so it requires a physical medium for transmission, as does other kinds of mechanical ... the transmission medium. However, it is now known that electromagnetic waves do not require a physical transmission medium, and so can travel through the vacuum of free space . Regions of the Electrical ... along a solid medium such as a transmission line . Wireless or unguided transmitter transmission ... media include phone lines, twisted pair cables, coaxial cable s, and optical fibers. Unguided transmission ..., the medium is carrying signals in both directions at same time. See also Permittivity Vacuum permittivity Vacuum permittivity Transmission telecommunications Excitable medium Duplex telecommunications Telecommunications DEFAULTSORT Transmission Medium Category Data transmission Category Waves Category ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The path that light takes in traversing an optical system is often called the optical path . The physical length of an optical device can be reduced to less than the length of the optical path by using folded optics . The optical path length as defined in optics is the length of the path multiplied by the index of refraction of the medium. See also Optical path length DEFAULTSORT Optical path Category Optics Optics stub de Strahlengang it Cammino ottico sv Str lg ng ... more details
Medium , Carnegie Observatories Centennial Symposia, p.422, 2004. ref Observing As the ICM ... of cooling of the ICM. See also galaxy cluster intergalactic medium List of plasma physics articles References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Intracluster Medium Category Galaxy clusters Category Large ... Space plasmas Category Plasma physics Category Intergalactic media de Intracluster Medium ja ... more details
wiktionary medium rare Medium Rare may refer to Medium rare , a degree of doneness used with cooking meat Medium Rare film Medium Rare film , a 1992 film from Singapore Medium Rare radio show Medium Rare radio show 1987 1993 , a radio program on CHEZ FM from Ottawa, Canada Medium Rare Foo Fighters album Medium Rare Foo Fighters album , a 2011 alternative rock album by Foo Fighters Medium Rare The Mighty Mighty Bosstones album Medium Rare The Mighty Mighty Bosstones album , a 2007 ska punk compilation album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones disambig ... more details
Physical medium may refer to For a medium used in the propagation of energy waves, see Transmission medium For the practice of physical mediumship and the conducting of seance , see Mediumship Physical mediumship Physical mediumship disambig ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 In industrial engineering , a gaseous, vaporous, fluid or shapeless solid material that plays an active role in manufacturing processes comparable to that of a tool. Examples A processing medium for washing is a soap solution, a processing medium for steel melting is a plasma, and a processing medium for steam drying is superheated steam . Synonyms Operating medium Working medium. DEFAULTSORT Processing Medium Category Engineering concepts Mech engineering stub ... more details
italic title taxobox name Trifolium medium image TrifoliumMedium.jpg regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Fabales familia Fabaceae genus Trifolium species T. medium binomial Trifolium medium binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus L. commons Trifolium medium Trifolium medium or Zigzag Clover is a plant species of the genus Trifolium . quattrofolium http www.quattrofolium.com eng medium.html Category Trifolium medium Faboideae stub az Trifolium medium da Bugtet Kl ver de Mittlerer Klee es Trifolium medium et Keskmine ristik eu Trifolium medium hsb Mjezny d e el nl Bochtige klaver no Skogkl ver pl Koniczyna pogi ta fi Mets apila sv Skogskl ver vi Trifolium medium ... more details
In telecommunication , the term record medium has the following meanings The physical Recording mediummedium on which information is stored in recoverable form. For example, magnetic tape or disk. In Fax facsimile transmission telecommunications transmission , the physical medium on which the recorder forms an image of the object, i.e. , creates the recorded Copying copy . Most commonly, a sheet of paper . The record medium and the record sheet may be identical. Synonym record sheet . References FS1037C MS188 Category Telecommunications ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A nonlinear medium is one which is intended to be accessed in a nonlinear fashion. Examples include a hard drive a newspaper a phone book a dictionary Choose Your Own Adventure See also nonlinear linear medium Random access DEFAULTSORT Nonlinear Medium Category Data management Tech stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 italictitle Taxobox name Athyrium medium image status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Plantae divisio Pteridophyta classis Pteridopsida ordo Polypodiales familia Athyriaceae genus Athyrium species A. medium binomial Athyrium medium binomial authority Carmich. T.Moore synonyms Athyrium medium is a species of fern in the Athyriaceae family. It is found in Tristan da Cunha . Its natural habitat is subantarctic shrubland . References Roux, J.P. 2003. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 43917 all Athyrium medium . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007. Category Athyrium medium Category Fern species Category Least concern plants Category Flora of Tristan da Cunha SaintHelena stub fern stub vi Athyrium medium ... more details
italic title This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Dacrydium medium status LR lc status system IUCN2.3 regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Podocarpaceae genus Dacrydium species D. medium binomial Dacrydium medium binomial authority de Laub. synonyms Dacrydium medium is a species of conifer in the Podocarpaceae family. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia . References Conifer Specialist Group 1998. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 42450 all Dacrydium medium . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007. Category Podocarpaceae Category Least concern plants conifer stub pt Dacrydium medium ... more details
unreferenced date December 2007 In film , a medium shot is a camera shot from a medium distance. The dividing line between long shot and medium shot is fuzzy, as is the line between medium shot and close up . In some standard texts and professional references, a full length view of a human subject is called a medium shot in this terminology, a shot of the person from the knees up or the waist up is a close up shot. In other texts, these partial views are called medium shots. For example, in Europe a medium shot is framed from the waist up . It is mainly used for a scene when you can see what kind of expressions they are using. There is no evident reason for this variation. It is not a distinction caused by, for example, a difference between TV and film language or 1930s and 1980s language. Medium shots are relatively good in showing facial expressions but work well to show body language. See also multicol 70 Bird s eye shot Bird s eye view Camera angle Camera operator Close up Dutch angle Establishing shot High angle shot col break Long shot Low angle shot Over the shoulder shot Point of view shot Two shot Video production Videographer col end filming stub Category Film techniques Category Television terminology ar pl Plan redni ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A linear medium is any medium which is intended to be written to or accessed in a linear fashion, literally meaning in a line . This means that the information is written to or read from the medium in a given order, so for example a book containing a novel is intended to be read from front to back, beginning to end, and is therefore a linear medium. It may be written in the same way, but would not necessarily need to be, to be considered a linear medium. A book containing an encyclopedia however is a non linear medium, as it is not necessary for the articles to be accessed or written in any particular order. Even though both non linear and linear mediums have perimeters to which they are restricted, linear mediums have a set path of how to get from point A to point B, whereas non linear mediums do not. Examples in technology are a pre recorded videocassette which is usually accessed one item after another, compared with a pre recorded DVD which can be accessed in any order. Types of linear medium Scroll Magnetic tape data storage Paper tape Photographic film Novel story book s Compact cassette s See also Serial access Sequential access Random access DEFAULTSORT Linear Medium Category Data management ... more details
taxobox name Campanula medium image Campanulaceae Campanula medium 4.JPG image caption Flowers and leaves of Campanula medium regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Asterids ordo Asterales familia Campanulaceae genus Campanula species C. medium binomial Campanula medium binomial authority Carl Linnaeus L. Campanula medium , common name Canterbury Bells , also known as the bell flower, is an Annual plant annual or Biennial plant biennial flowering plant ... to the bell shape of the flower, while the specific epithet medium means that this plant has intermediate ... Campanula medium 1.JPG thumb 240px right Close up on a flower of Campanula medium Campanula medium ... www.pfaf.org user Plant.aspx?LatinName Campanula medium Pfaf.org ref The seeds ripen from Aug to September and are dispersed by gravity alone barochory . Distribution Campanula medium originates in southern ... Bell for making potently sweet honey. Gallery gallery File Campanulaceae Campanula medium 3.JPG Flowers of Campanula medium File Campanulaceae Campanula medium 2.JPG Close up of a flower of Campanula medium File Campanulaceae Campanula medium 7.JPG Close up of a flowers of Campanula medium File Campanulaceae Campanula medium 5.JPG Blossom of Campanula medium File Campanulaceae Campanula medium 6.JPG Blossom of Campanula medium File Campanula medium flowers.JPG Campanula medium var. alba gallery Cultivar s Campanula medium Alba Campanula medium Bells of Holland Campanula medium Caerulea Campanula medium Calycanthema Campanula medium Champion Blue dark flowers Campanula medium Champion lavender light blue flowers Campanula medium Champion Pink pink flowers Campanula medium Chelsea Pink pink flowers Campanula medium Muse Rose Campanula medium Rosea Campanula medium Russian Pink References ... taxa index2.php?scientific name campanula medium Campanula medium Category Campanula medium Asterales stub wikispecies commons de Marien Glockenblume fr Campanula medium lt Dar elinis katil lis nl Mari tteklokje ... more details
The medium is the message is a phrase coined by Marshall McLuhan meaning that the form of a media communication medium embeds itself in the message , creating a symbiotic relationship by which the medium influences how the message is perceived. Publications The phrase was introduced in his most widely known book, Understanding Media The Extensions of Man , published in 1964. ref Originally published in 1964 by Mentor, New York reissued 1994, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts with an introduction by Lewis Lapham ref McLuhan proposes that a medium itself, not the content it carries, should be the focus of study. He said that a medium affects the society in which it plays a role not only by the content delivered over the medium, but also by the characteristics of the medium itself. McLuhan frequently punned on the word message changing it to mass age , mess age , and massage a later book, The Medium is the Massage was originally to be titled The Medium is the Message , but McLuhan preferred the new title which is said to have been a The Medium is the Massage Origin of the title printing error . Social implications McLuhan understood medium in a broad sense. He identified the light bulb as a clear demonstration of the concept of the medium is the message . A light bulb does not have content in the way that a newspaper has articles or a television has programs, yet it is a medium that has ... otherwise be enveloped by darkness. He describes the light bulb as a medium without any content ... over dinner. ref name Federman Hence in Understanding Media , McLuhan describes the content of a medium .... ref name Federman Federman, M. 2004, July 23 . What is the Meaning of the Medium is the Message ... realize the social implications of the medium. These range from cultural or religious issues ... eJournal A scholarly journal, Vol. 1, Marshall McLuhan s Medium is the Message Information ... medium message Guardian Big Ideas podcast by Benjamen Walker Marshall McLuhan DEFAULTSORT Medium ... more details
taxobox regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Malpighiales familia Linaceae genus Linum species Linum medium Linum medium is a species of Linum flax native to eastern North America, as far west as Texas and Wisconsin , east to the Atlantic ocean, and north to Ontario and Maine . ref http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol LIME2 Linum medium Planch. Britton , USDA PLANTS ref It is one of several yellow flowered Linum species in this region others include Linum virginianum . ref citation isbn 0 395 91172 9 pages 164 author Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret McKenny illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson. year 1996 publisher Houghton Mifflin location Boston title A field guide to wildflowers Northeastern and North central North America ref References references Category Linum medium Malpighiales stub az Linum medium ... more details
Medium specificity is a consideration in aesthetics and art criticism . It is most closely associated with modernism , but it predates it. ref http csmt.uchicago.edu glossary2004 specificity.htm ref According to Clement Greenberg , who helped popularize the term, medium specificity holds that the unique and proper area of competence for a form of art corresponds with the ability of an artist to manipulate those features that are unique to the nature of a particular medium. ref cite web url http www.sharecom.ca greenberg modernism.html title Modernist Painting author Clement Greenberg archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060105194921 http www.sharecom.ca greenberg modernism.html archivedate 2006 01 05 ref For example, in painting, literal flatness and Abstract art abstraction are emphasised rather than illusionism and figuration . ref Vanessa R. Schwartz, Jeannene M. Przyblyski, The Nineteenth Century Visual Culture Reader , Routledge, 2004, p8. ISBN 0415308666 ref Medium specific can be seen ... probably include the techniques used to manipulate the materials. Medium specificity is based ... of its own medium. ref http csmt.uchicago.edu glossary2004 specificity.htm ref Today, the term is used ... 2006 03 13 ref As discussed by critic Marshall Soules, medium specificity and media specific analysis ... soules animate.htm archivedate 2006 02 24 ref Medium specificity suggests that a work of art can be said to be successful if it fulfills the promise contained in the medium used to bring the artwork into existence. Much debate can remain as to what a given medium best lends itself to. Art dialogue in the post modern period has tended to steer away from medium specificity as a particularly relevant principle. ref http www.chicagoschoolmediatheory.net glossary2004 specificity.htm Medium ... specificity.htm Medium Specificity http csmt.uchicago.edu glossary2004 specificity.htm University of Chicago Theories of Media Glossary medium specificity Category Concepts in aesthetics Category ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced November 2008 orphan November 2011 notability February 2011 Medium Large is a Web comic written and drawn by Francesco Marciuliano , who is also the current writer of Sally Forth syndicated strip Sally Forth . Unlike Sally Forth, Medium Large does not focus on a single cast of characters, though there are some recurring features, most notably the fictitious Teenage Girl President series. The strip also focuses on pop culture arcana, spoofing a number of entertainment properties, including Sally Forth itself. The humor is often filtered through the perspective of an otherwise mute observer known only as Medium Large Guy. MLG frequently watches the fictional Medium Large Network or sits at a bar with other famous cartoon or pop cultural figures. The most famous Citation needed date December 2008 Medium Large strip is a parody of the comic strip B.C. comic strip B.C. where the main characters discuss whether they are even pretending to be cavemen any more. Citation needed date December 2008 External links http mediumlarge.wordpress.com Medium Large Category Comedy webcomics Category 2000s webcomics webcomic stub ... more details
taxobox regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Asterids ordo Gentianales familia Apocynaceae genus Apocynum species A. medium binomial Apocynum medium binomial authority Greene Apocynum medium , the Intermediate dogbane , is a member of family Apocynaceae . Intermediate dogbane is thought to be a hybrid biology hybrid , A. floribundum from other dogbane species because its characteristics are intermediate between Apocynum cannabinum A. cannabinum Dogbane and Apocynum androsaemifolium A. androsaemifolium Spreading dogbane . External links http web.mit.edu cfox www flowers 2002 07 06 04 apocynum medium Med.jpg.3.html Photo http wisplants.uwsp.edu scripts detail.asp?SpCode APOxFLO Hybrid, Intermediate dogbane Category Apocynaceae Category Hybrid plants Apocynaceae stub ... more details
expert subject date February 2011 unreferenced date February 2011 infobox weapon name Medium tank image File M48A1 Patton tank.jpg 300px caption M48 Patton M48A1 Patton origin flagicon UK citation needed ... payload capacity suspension clearance fuel capacity vehicle range speed guidance steering Medium tank was a tank classification classification of tanks the medium being intermediate in size and weight and armament between heavy tank s and light tank s. The medium tank concept has been eclipsed by the main battle tank . History The first tanks to carry the name Medium appeared in the First World War with the British Medium Mark A Whippet Medium Mark A Whippet The medium tank doctrine came ... thumb right Sherman medium tank from World War II, the workhorse of U.S. armoured forces Medium tanks of the interwar period included the British Vickers Medium Mark II and the Soviet multi turreted T 28 . In the period leading up to World War II, the British stopped using the term Medium for their tanks ... into use. There were medium tanks that focused on anti infantry capabilities such as in World War II the Panzer IV short barrel, and the M4 Sherman , and medium tanks which were more focused on the anti ... other countries called medium tanks. When Soviet tank designers were preparing a successor to the BT ... firepower of a 76 mm high velocity gun. The result was the T 34 medium tank , whose superb ... in formations of mutually supporting medium tanks and motorised infantry . The traditional ... States both benefited from their ability to manufacture a well balanced medium tank in incredible ... were eventually phased out in favour of increasingly capable and flexible medium tanks. Simpler ... Medium tanks are simply neither the heaviest nor lightest in weight, and many of the designs had successful ... of roles. See also Light tank Heavy tank Super heavy tank References reflist DEFAULTSORT Medium Tank Category Medium tanks be x old ko hy ja ru sr ... more details
Cleanup date November 2007 seealso Media studies Medium theory is the name assigned to a variety of approaches used to examine how the means of expression of human communication impact the meaning s of human communication s . Joshua Meyrowitz originated the term in his 1985 book, No Sense of Place . Other scholars with work relevant to medium theory include Marshall McLuhan 1963, 1966, 1988 and Neil Postman 1985 . Currently, medium theory occupies a marginal position within U.S. communication and media studies Croteau & Hoynes, 2003 305 . The majority of U.S. communication and media studies place their emphasis on the content of communication e.g., sex and violence not the medium of communications. In Canada and elsewhere, the theory continues to inform studies that assess large scale social changes that follow the adoption of a new medium. German Media Theory operates along similar lines and draws some influence from McLuhan, though it occupies a more central location in German academia. Joshua Meyrowitz 1985 uses the term medium theory to refer to the body of literature that focuses on the technological aspects of media beyond their content. It aims to look beyond the content to the medium which reveals the key to its social impact Croteau & Hoynes, 2003 305 . McLuhan s Message Marshall McLuhan is the most widely read literary theorist and is best known for his claim the medium is the message . McLuhan believed that we should observe not only the media itself but the ways in which each new medium disrupts tradition and reshapes social life Croteau & Hoynes 2003,307 . McLuhan believed that the social impact of the media was that they became an extension of our senses, and alter our social world Croteau & Hoynes, 2003 307 . In his book The Gutenberg Galaxy 1962 he argued ... marcleverette.htm Towards an Ecology of Understanding Semiotics, Medium Theory, and the Uses ... 3rd Ed Pine Forge Press, Thousand Oaks DEFAULTSORT Medium Theory Category Communication theory Category ... more details
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