“The very scholars and journalists who had praised him in the 1960s tried to bury him in the 1970s, questioning the validity of his complex theories. ‘A superstar', he laments today, ‘is just another word for a sitting duck.’” Barbara Rowes
Writer, “If the Media Didn't Get Marshall McLuhan's Message in the '60s, Another Is on the Way”, People Magazine, Vol. 6, no. 12, September 20, 1976; p 4 of the interview transcript
Year: 1976
Chapter:
Celebrity and Fame
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan