A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Radio had a fantastic and profound effect in retrieving the ordinary tribal consciousness of Germany in the twenties and thirties. TV, which is an addictive inner trip (regardless of program), sent American youth in pursuit of the occult and group awareness. Since there are no visual or quantifiable connections between radio and TV and their effects, Western man humbly and dumbly submits to their magic.
“Violence of the Media”, in Marshall McLuhan: The Man and his Message (1989), p 94
Year: 1989
↪ Also at #5118, #6793
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