A medium creates an environment for itself and that is completely imperceptible, just as people have observed “we don't know who discovered water but we know it wasn't a fish”. Anybody who lives totally immersed in any situation is completely oblivious of it.
Fletcher Markle on “McLuhan is the Message,” CBC-TV (1967), transcript 00:01 ff
Year: 1967
Chapter:
Media Effects
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan