[Advertising] subtly rearranges the pattern of our wishes and impulses like dinner music, the smell of cooking, or the sound of the surf. Today our whole society is reeling from copy-writer’s shock as much as any soldier ever felt battle-shock.
“The Age of Advertising”, Commonweal, September 11, (1953), Vol. 58, No. 23, p 557
Year: 1953
Chapter:
Advertising
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan