But ads are carefully designed by the Madison Ave. frogmen-of-the-mind for semiconscious exposure. Their mere existence is as testimony, as well as a contribution, to the somnambulistic state of a tired metropolis.
Understanding Media (1963), MIT/Routledge, p 229
Year: 1963
Chapters:
Sleepwalkers | Wake Them Up!
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan