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Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

Global Rank#666

Authors: Marshall McLuhan

Published: 1964-01-01

Genres: essay

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Format: book

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Wikipedia Backlinks: 48

NYT Mentions: 13

Title Complexity: 7355895.66 (NYT adjustment factor: 1.0)

Score: 5.099542347116096

Score Explanation:
SourceWeightCalculationWeighted Value
NYT Mentions0.25ln(13 × 1.00 + 1)0.6598
Wikipedia Backlinks0.50ln(48 + 1)1.9459
Ratings Count0.50ln(1 + 1)0.3466
Ratings Average1.00ln(5 + 1)1.7918
OpenLibrary rating (avg)0.10ln(4 + 1)0.1609
OpenLibrary ratings (count)0.10ln(6 + 1)0.1946
Total5.0995
Note: NYT Mentions are adjusted by title complexity (a score based on word rarity).
Adjustment factor: 1.0 (complexity score ≥100,000), 0.1 (≥10,000), or 0.01(<10,000).
Higher complexity scores indicate more distinctive titles that are less likely to produce false-positive NYT matches.

Community Rating: 5.0 / 7(1 rating)

OpenLibrary Rating: 4.00 / 5(6 ratings)

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