A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

It may indeed prove true that the service environments created by the electric media are so extensive and inclusive that their users become natural monarchs, if not tyrants, who will brook no interference from other media. In electric surrounds the user as content can only experience rivalry in the form of static or short circuit.
Take Today with Barrington Nevitt (1972), p 147
Year: 1972
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