A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Advertising, with its appeal to collective emotion, has set up national brands and totems for communal participation.
“The Age of Advertising”, in Commonweal, September 11, (1953), Vol. 58, No. 23, p 555
Quote #1342
Year: 1953
Chapter: Consciousness
Compiled by William Kuhns
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