# Understanding Media
**Domain:** Media Theory / Technology
**Doc Type:** Book Node
**Maturity:** Evolving
**Related:** [[Marshall McLuhan]], [[Machine Mediation]], [[Civilian Cockpit]], [[Mid-Century Systems Culture]]
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## Definition
_Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man_ is Marshall McLuhan's 1964 book arguing that the form and scale of media reorganize human association and perception.
## Corpus Context
Its housing and extension arguments are central to [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]]: the domestic interior is not a neutral container but a medium shaping what embodiment and presence can mean.
## Relationships
[[Marshall McLuhan]], [[Machine Mediation]], [[Civilian Cockpit]], [[Mid-Century Systems Culture]]
## Sources / Provenance
- [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]]
- https://archive.org/details/UnderstandingMediaTheExtensionsOfManMarshallMcLuhan_201810