# Understanding Media **Domain:** Media Theory / Technology **Doc Type:** Book Node **Maturity:** Evolving **Related:** [[Marshall McLuhan]], [[Machine Mediation]], [[Civilian Cockpit]], [[Mid-Century Systems Culture]] --- ## 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