A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

What use is there made of radio in the movie, because the form is then translated into another medium and some of its characteristics are high-lighted. What happens to a telephone in a Broadway play? What use is there made of telephone in drama which tells you a lot about the telephone?
“The Electronic Revolution in North America”, 1959, p 10
Year: 1959
↪ Also at #4644, #5950
Compiled by William Kuhns
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