A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

The restraints [of media] are always directed to the “content,” which is always another medium. The content of the press is literary statement, the content of the book is speech, and the content of the movie is the novel.
Understanding Media (1964) MIT/ROUTLEDGE, p 305
Year: 1964
↪ Also at #4475, #4593, #4735
Compiled by William Kuhns
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