Marshall McLuhan was an important public intellectual of the mid twentieth century. Here is an ad celebrating the generation of one of his key ideas. He showed up in movies, like this one (mature content). And here's the wikipedia page for an overview with links to deeper analysis of his ideas (wikipedia is quite useful at times--just don't use it in your essay).
More on McLuhan coming up later in the week . . .
In the meantime, do we still have public intellectuals? Is there anyone alive whose ideas might be discussed or alluded to in a popular movie? Or celebrated in a commercial?
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