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Marshall McLuhan: The Possibility of Re-ReadingHis Notion of Medium
(Philosophies, 2016-08)
After describing the origins of media ecology and the role of Marshall McLuhan in thattheoretical constitution process, this article addresses McLuhan’s perspective on technology andmedia. In this context, the article warns ...
The fractal geometry of Luhmann's sociological theory or debugging systems theory
(Elsevier Science, 2019-09)
Social theory faces new challenges as society changes. The question is not only if social theory can keep up with –and account for– social transformations, but also if it can avail of social changes (in this case, the ...
Exploring Relationships between Products Characteristics and B2C Interaction in Electronic Commerce
(Universidad de Talca, 2008)
A thermodynamical gradient theory for deformation and strain localization of porous media
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2011-04)
In this work, a thermodynamically consistent gradient formulation for partially saturated cohesive-frictional porous media is proposed. The constitutive model includes a classical or local hardening law and a softening ...
Conspiracy theories as barriers to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.
Rationale: The COVID-19 pandemic poses extraordinary challenges to public health.
Objective: Because the novel coronavirus is highly contagious, the widespread use of preventive measures such as
masking, physical distancing, ...