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William Kuhns,
Writer
- Writer of fiction and non-fiction
- Early pioneer in media literacy education
- Biographer, scholar and promoter of Marshall McLuhan
As of Friday, May 2, 2025
Newly published in New Explorations, vol 5 no 1
“Can AI Reinvent Communication?” (essay)
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/45281/33854
“After America” (poem)
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/45300/33866
“To Surmount Rushmore” (poem)
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/45301/33867
“Why Overabundant Communication Backfires, a Review of Nicholas Carr’s Superbloom”
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/45307/33873
“The 21st Century’s Most Important Origin Story, a Review of Tom Cooper’s Wisdom Weavers: the Lives and Thought of Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/45306
“McLuhan Up Close and Personal: a Review of Chase Joynt’s Vantage Points: a Trans Media Memoir”
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/45305
“Can AI Reinvent Communication?” (essay)
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/45281/33854
“After America” (poem)
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/45300/33866
“To Surmount Rushmore” (poem)
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/45301/33867
“Why Overabundant Communication Backfires, a Review of Nicholas Carr’s Superbloom”
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/45307/33873
“The 21st Century’s Most Important Origin Story, a Review of Tom Cooper’s Wisdom Weavers: the Lives and Thought of Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/45306
“McLuhan Up Close and Personal: a Review of Chase Joynt’s Vantage Points: a Trans Media Memoir”
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/45305
As of Sunday, November 24, 2024
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Kuhns, B. (2024). McLUHAN ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI): AN ANNOTATED GUESSEMBLY OF HIS PROBES. New Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication, 4(1). Retrieved from https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/43265
BLADE RUNNER: FANTASY OR FORECAST?
Drivers and Upshots of Robots Becoming Identical, Enhanced Replications of Us
Drivers and Upshots of Robots Becoming Identical, Enhanced Replications of Us
Kuhns, W. (2024). MIR-RORING McLUHAN IN THE DIGITAL ERA: HOW ANDREY MIR ADAPTS AND ADDRESSES MARSHALL McLUHAN’S THOUGHT TO THE AGE OF MAGA AND DIVISIVE MEDIA. New Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication, 4(1). Retrieved from https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/nexj/article/view/43304
PASSAGES FROM THE REVIEWS OF MCLUHAN’S BOOKS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
with Robert Sparrow-Downes
with Robert Sparrow-Downes
NEW INTERVIEWS ON VIDEO
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ABOUT ME
William Kuhns has published 18 books of nonfiction and fiction. His nonfiction accents themes of media and technology. His novels are thrillers, his short stories fantasies. Kuhns is an energetic walker, a voracious reader, a consummate haunter of used bookstores, and an avid pool player. He confesses to addictions: sharp movies; well-written streaming TV series; donuts; pretzels; and his partner Bev’s homemade chicken soup.
For more see the biography page.
For more see the biography page.