A
“Abrams v.United States”(Supreme Court case)“艾布拉姆斯诉美国政府案”(最高法院)125
abstraction and language抽象和语言53,56
Academy Awards奥斯卡金像奖,学院奖28,151;see also motion pictures
“acoustic space”(McLuhan)“声觉空间”(麦克卢汉)2,5-6,9,12,15,33,43,44-54,187,200
advertising:engenders moregatekeeping广告:产生更多的守门122;
fast-forwarded on VCR录像机上快进以跳过广告5;
in mass media大众媒介里的广告75,122;
on the Internet互联网上的广告75
Agassi,Joseph约瑟夫·阿加西48,119,120
Age of Discovery发现的时代161
Age of Invention发明的时代159-160
Age of Reason理性时代203
AIDS艾滋病59
air conditioning空调148
Aivilik people埃韦里克人(北美土著)158
alcoholic disorientation,suggested bytheremin 泰勒明琴暗示的酗酒引起的错乱166
Alexandria Digital Literature(web)亚历山德里亚数字文学公司(网络)130
Alexandrian cosmology亚历山大城(即托勒密)的天文学(即地心说)80
Allen,Woody伍迪·艾伦3,105
Alpha Centauri半人马座的阿尔法星62,63
alphabet字母表6,24,30,42,44,46,48,49-54,114,179,200;
engenders rational view(McLuhan)字母表产生理性观178;
first “digital”medium(Levinson)最早的“数字”媒介43,164
Altamira阿尔塔米拉(洞穴画)42,195
Amazon.com亚马逊公司8,11,76,128-129;
publication of book reviews发布书评128;
vs.“in-person”bookstores亚马逊网络书店对读者“在场”的实体书店128-129
amoebic modes of perception阿米巴虫的感知方式46
Analog(magazine)《模拟》杂志130
Ancient:Egypt古埃及42,201;
Greece古希腊31,44,178,199,203;