'Hot' Trump vs 'cool' Hillary - it's all about the medium
The Donald excels in "hot" media formats like his rally addresses, but loses it in the "cool" medium of TV debates where he looks and sounds angry and unsteady
Washington
THE late communications scholar Marshall McLuhan was famous for his original theorising about the way the media, especially television, revolutionised society and politics.
The ideas advanced by the witty Canadian philosopher remain popular today; in particular, the distinction he made between "hot" and "cool" media.
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