The Great Debate Reading

The Clark article I read was written in a foreign language! I'll show my ignorance and say that I understood little of what he was trying to say, other then his analogy that media is like a delivery truck. Does anyone speak acadamia and plain english that will translate this for those without minds as immeasurable as gifted as others? Hopefully the article other side of the debate will make more sense. Should I be doing something to cultivate the soil of my mind to understand these types of articles more? It really makes it hard to read them when I'm missing the intent of the author due to a language barrier.