Marshall MchLuhan Aphorisms

What do you think the following aphorism means:
A)"The medium is the message"
B) "Global Village"


Rawr.
So, i've actually only heard of the second aphorism.
But i shall attempt at figuring out what both mean.

A)"The medium is the message"

I think this means that media is the message. We, people, circulate around the media..whether is be watching television, listening to music, the internet, or just the advertisements you see everywhere outside. I think this aphorism is telling us how important technology is. Media and technology tie in together. You couldnt have media without technology, you could not have media, or technology without us. It's all connected one way or another.

b)"Global Village"

I think this symbolizes that the centre of our society is technology; and that we are all connected through it. Technology has made its own 'village' so to speak through us. Technology has a very significant role in our society today, and it is very hard to not notice this change.