A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Those external extensions of sense and faculty that we call media we use as constantly as we do our eyes and ears, and from the same motives. The book-oriented man considers this nonstop use of media as debased; it is unfamiliar to him in the book-world.
Understanding Media, 1964, MIT/Routledge, p 211
Year: 1964
Chapters: Media | Media Effects
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