John M. Culkin

John M. Culkin, Jr. (June 21, 1928 – July 23, 1993) was an American academic and former priest who was a leading media scholar and critic, educator, writer and consultant. Quotes I don't think baseball could survive without all the statistical appurtenances involved in calculating pitching, hitting and fielding percentages. Some people could do without the games as long as they got the box scores. "Tinker to Evers to '76" New York Times, June 13, 1976 So trying to keep certain things off television or out of books is futile. That same energy should be applied to helping children develop their own capacities for judgment, taste and sensitivity, so that they know how to make decisions that are based, we hope, on positive values. "In Conversation with John Culkin", Maria P. Robbins, Television and Children Journal, Summer, 1981 We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us. McLuhan Galaxy (April 1, 2013) External links Category:Academics from the United States Category:Media critics Category:1928 births Category:1993 deaths