The content or time-clothing of any medium or culture is th… - Marshall McLuhan

" "

The content or time-clothing of any medium or culture is the preceding medium or culture. (p. 168)

Marshall McLuhan

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Marshall McLuhan

Herbert Marshall McLuhan (21 July 1911 – 31 December 1980) was a Canadian philosopher, futurist, and communications theorist.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Josephine Smith (Public domain / CC0)

Also Known As

Native Name: Herbert Marshall McLuhan

Alternative Names: Marshall MacLuhan • Marshall Mac Luhan

All quotes from Marshall McLuhan Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Marshall McLuhan:

Neil Postman Northrop Frye William Gibson Friedrich Kittler J. G. Ballard

Additional quotes by Marshall McLuhan

A fixed point of view becomes possible with print and ends the image as a plastic organism. (p. 144)

Metaphor has traditionally been regarded as the matrix and pattern of the figures of speech.

The hot radio medium used in cool or nonliterate cultures has a violent effect, quite unlike its effect, say in England or America, where radio is felt as entertainment. (p. 30)

The content or time-clothing of any medium or culture is the preceding medium or culture. (p. 168) - Marshall McLuhan

About Marshall McLuhan

Also Known As

Share this quote as an image

Additional quotes by Marshall McLuhan