A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

The stream of consciousness is really managed by the transfer of film technique to the printed page, where, in a deep sense it really originated; for as we have seen, the Gutenberg technology of movable types is quite indispensable to any industrial or film process.
Understanding Media, 1964, MIT/Routledge edition, p 295
Year: 1964
Chapter: Movies
Compiled by William Kuhns
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