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The medium is the message, an Uncommon card
"The medium is the message" is a phrase coined by the Canadian communication theorist Marshall McLuhan and the name of the first chapter in his Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, published in 1964.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 38
- Power
- 94
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 94 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
The medium is the message quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the The medium is the message card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The concept has been applied by others in discussions of ______ from television to the Internet.
Answer
technologies. The concept has been applied by others in discussions of technologies from television to the Internet. From the The medium is the message article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
"The medium is the message" is a phrase coined by the Canadian communication theorist Marshall McLuhan and the name of the first chapter in his Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, published in ____.
Answer
1960s. "The medium is the message" is a phrase coined by the Canadian communication theorist Marshall McLuhan and the name of the first chapter in his Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, published in 1964. From the The medium is the message article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hanson Brothers. Hanson Brothers 64 · James Pickens Jr. 61 · The medium is the message 56 · Sang Heon Lee 53 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- McLuhan proposes that a communication medium itself, not the messages it carries, should be the primary focus of study.
- The concept has been applied by others in discussions of technologies from television to the Internet.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The The medium is the message article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 38: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get The medium is the message
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Text : Wikipedia, The medium is the message (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Josephine Smith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
