A
“Abrams v.United States”(Supreme Court case)“艾布拉姆斯訴美國政府案”(最高法院)125
abstraction and language抽象和語言53,56
Academy Awards奧斯卡金像獎,學院獎28,151;see also motion pictures
“acoustic space”(McLuhan)“聲覺空間”(麥克盧漢)2,5-6,9,12,15,33,43,44-54,187,200
advertising:engenders moregatekeeping廣告:產生更多的守門122;
fast-forwarded on VCR錄像機上快進以跳過廣告5;
in mass media大眾媒介裏的廣告75,122;
on the Internet互聯網上的廣告75
Agassi,Joseph約瑟夫·阿加西48,119,120
Age of Discovery發現的時代161
Age of Invention發明的時代159-160
Age of Reason理性時代203
AIDS艾滋病59
air conditioning空調148
Aivilik people埃韋裏克人(北美土著)158
alcoholic disorientation,suggested bytheremin 泰勒明琴暗示的酗酒引起的錯亂166
Alexandria Digital Literature(web)亞曆山德裏亞數字文學公司(網絡)130
Alexandrian cosmology亞曆山大城(即托勒密)的天文學(即地心說)80
Allen,Woody伍迪·艾倫3,105
Alpha Centauri半人馬座的阿爾法星62,63
alphabet字母表6,24,30,42,44,46,48,49-54,114,179,200;
engenders rational view(McLuhan)字母表產生理性觀178;
first “digital”medium(Levinson)最早的“數字”媒介43,164
Altamira阿爾塔米拉(洞穴畫)42,195
Amazon.com亞馬遜公司8,11,76,128-129;
publication of book reviews發布書評128;
vs.“in-person”bookstores亞馬遜網絡書店對讀者“在場”的實體書店128-129
amoebic modes of perception阿米巴蟲的感知方式46
Analog(magazine)《模擬》雜誌130
Ancient:Egypt古埃及42,201;
Greece古希臘31,44,178,199,203;