A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

A new medium is never an addition to an old one, nor does it leave the old one in peace. It never ceases to oppress the older media until it finds new shapes and positions for them.
Understanding Media, 1964, MIT/Routledge edition, p 174
Year: 1964
↪ Also at #4699
Compiled by William Kuhns
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