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MCLUHAN, Marshall H.

1988-0302

Enregistrement sonore

1 of 2

1977

1977-02-06/1977-02-13 ?

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

producer/director, Rick Welbourn; script, Peter Cooke; research, Carole Bishop; narrator, Alan Maitland

Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson, Luba Goy

This radio documentary employs satirical songs, skits, narrative and interviews to analyze the current social and economic situation in Canada and suggest directions for the future. Among those interviewed in this second and final portion of the program are: Justice Thomas Berger, who is conducting a government inquiry into plans for a MacKenzie Valley Pipeline; Margaret Atwood, author; Hugh MacLennan, author; Dr. David Suzuki, geneticist; and Marshall McLuhan, communications theorist. Topics discussed in this portion include: the pipeline inquiry in relation to environmental values versus progress; the possibility of Quebec separating from the rest of Canada; the importance of image in political life; moral and environmental problems in relation to scientific advances; the emancipation of women; and communications developments such as "incasting", which links the telephone to the television. <60mn>

English

5

Libre

MSS 16110

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur