These external extensions of sense… that we call media we use as constantly as we do our eyes and ears naked, and from the same motives… the book-oriented man considers this nonstop use of media as debased.
Understanding Media (1964), MIT/Routledge edition, p 211
Year: 1964
Chapters:
Media | Media Effects
↪ Also at #4556
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan