In 1946, HU Dao-jing made a point that 'Media is the expansion(extension) of man', which not only stemmed from his profound understanding of the theory of evolution, but also provided another interpretation to the theory. 18 years after he brought forward the idea, Mc Luhan presented the same argument. When talking about the idea 'Media is the extension of man', people were just reminded of Mc Luhan rather than HU Dao-jing, which, on the one hand, was due to the fact that Mc Luhan's media theory was widely translated and introduced in China, which ...
