Question

According to this thinker, Alexis de Tocqueville did not write about England because he had mastered a grammar that did not apply there yet. This thinker was inspired by Gestalt theory to contrast the “figure” of a technology with its “ground,” the (15[1])context in which we view (-5[1])it. This thinker co-wrote a book with Quentin Fiore that analyzed the 100-letter (*) “thunder words” in Finnegans (10[1])Wake to (-5[1])analogize how different technologies affect the stages of (15[1])history. This thinker examined how radio requires little user engagement while comic books require (10[1])active participation to (10[1])contrast “hot” (10[1])and “cool” (10[1])activities. This thinker argued the invention of movable type sped up the shift towards a “global village.” For 10 points, name this Canadian (10[1])author of Understanding Media, who (10[2])claimed “the medium is the message.” (0[2])■END■

ANSWER: Marshall McLuhan (The other books are War and Peace in the Global Village and The Gutenberg Galaxy.)
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Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024N683%17%33%103.80
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024N4100%0%25%99.00
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y540%0%40%105.50
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y1100%100%0%74.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y4100%25%0%86.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%0%94.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jonathan ShaufNorth CarolinaIowa State4215
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AVanderbilt B47-5
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeWUSTL C6410
Kevin ParkClaremontMTSU66-5
Jack LewisMTSUGeorgia Tech B7415
Elie AounCase WesternOhio8810
Neal JoshiWUSTLStanford9110
Jack LewisMTSUClaremont9310
Fred GarveyTruman StateSIUE9510
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLUSN A11810
Roan DowlingIowaPenn State B12310
Amith PunyalaWUSTL AWUSTL J12310
Joshua DavenportGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech A1290
Allie BennettBelmontGeorgia Tech B1290