QUESTIONS TO SHARPEN YOUR FOCUS

1		What would McLuhan say about the impact of the Internet on the global village? Consider the fact that civic, political, and religious participation is declining in America. Has electronic technology increased social connectedness?
2		McLuhan considers a motion picture film viewed in a theater a hot medium. Using his own rationale for television as a cool medium, can you defend the thesis that film should also be classified as cool?
3		What news have you seen recently on TV that illustrates McLuhan's belief that we now live in a global village?
4		Can you conceive of any way that McLuhan's theory of technological determinism could be proved false?