A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

In a radio speech in Munich, March 14, 1936, Hitler said, " I go my way with the assurance of a somnambulist." His victims and his critics have been equally somnambulistic. They danced entranced to the tribal drum of radio that extended their central nervous system to create depth involvement for everybody. " I live right inside radio when I listen. I more easily lose myself in radio than in a book, " said a voice from a radio poll .
Understanding Media, 1964, MIT/Routledge edition, p 298
Year: 1964
Chapter: Wake Them Up!
Compiled by William Kuhns
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