Did Dr. Miller succeed in keeping his nose clean while dirtying his hands in modern media, or did he just blow his mind? Honest Jonathan now demands "ocular proof” of media effects. As James Joyce writes: "As for the viability of vicinals, when invisible they are invincible." Does Dr. Miller believe he can gain immunity from invincible media effects by shrouding himself in "the canons of traditional thought" and by taking refuge in "the conventional vocabulary of vision"?
Letter to The Listener October 8, (1971), in Letters of Marshall McLuhan, (1987), p 445
Year: 1971
Chapter:
McLuhan on McLuhan
Compiled by William Kuhns
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