New media are new archetypes, at first disguised as degradations of older media. These degradations happen when new media inevitably use older ones as content. Using the older ones as content hastens the tidaying-up process by which a medium becomes an art form.
New Media and the Arts, 1964, p 240
Year: 1964
Chapter:
Media Effects
↪ Also at #4555
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan