Why has it never occurred to Dr. [Robert] Hutchins that the only practical answer to the “storm of triviality and propaganda” is that it be brought under control by being inspected. Its baneful effects are at present entirely dependent on its being ignored. In launching such a pastime program of uninhibited inspection of popular and commercial culture Dr. Hutchins would find himself on a radical task at last.
The Mechanical Bride (1951), p 45
Year: 1951
Chapters:
Media Effects | Training of Perception
↪ Also at #4579
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan