World According to Marshall McLuhan

Medium is the message, as Marshall McLuhan described, is an extension of the human mind and body. Like forks, spoons, and chopsticks, it extends the human hand so that our hands will not be dirty while having a meal.

Here we talk about a photo or image editing software, it is capable of manipulating photo of a person, objects, scenery, and so on. This is medium for designers and artist to create and edit digital media, and the purpose of this is to communicate with the audiences through the media. But nowadays, this software is not only used by people in the design industry, teenagers and students are able to use this by learning from tutorial websites.

The image above was originally made for the 2012 film, through the wide range of image editing software, people are utilize the medium to present their idea and messages. The image above shows a terrifying scene of a city submerging into the sea, with the title 'back to school', because for students sometimes if felt like dying when going back to school.


It shows that these image editing software (medium) are not just made for the professionals, but it is also used by students in high school because everyone is capable of using it.