A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Ads are like the weird faces or masks used by witch-doctors to control the powers of nature. If one is merged in the tribal horde, that mask will look good to him. It may decide whether he will eat next year. To the outsider the same magical layout will seem comical.
“The Age of Advertising”, in Commonweal, September 11, (1953), Vol. 58, No. 23, p 557
Year: 1953
Chapter: Advertising
Compiled by William Kuhns
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