A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

What silence is to acoustic space darkness is to visual space.
“An Historical Approach to the Media of Communication”, excerpts from manuscript of lecture given by Marshall McLuhan, July 25,(1955), p 2, also portions reprinted as “A Historical Approach to the Media” In Teachers College Record, Vol. 57, Issue 2, November (1955), p 1
Year: 1955
Chapters: Acoustic Space | Space
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