Needs to be done by 11:59 tonight, January 26.

To successfully complete this assignment, carefully re-read the McLuhan Playboy interview, the chapter from Understanding Media, and review the lectures on McLuhan and the critical perspective. Next, select either the medium is the message, or the global village, and determine if McLuhan used the critical perspective in his thinking. Specifically, does McLuhan:

1. Question commonly held assumptions?

2. Expand the bounds of debate?

3. Aim for the betterment of society?

Is McLuhan using the critical perspective? If so, explain how his thinking utilizes the above characteristics.If not, explain how his approach differs from the above.