THE McLUHAN MARSHALLING MACHINE:

The MMM

A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

"It is a characteristic of all social processes that they become manifest and conspicuous at the moment of their demise."
"Electric circuitry does not create a Public. It creates the Mass. The Mass does not consist of separate individuals, but of individuals profoundly involved in one another."
"All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values."
"It is a characteristic of all social processes that they become manifest and conspicuous at the moment of their demise."
"It is a characteristic of all social processes that they become manifest and conspicuous at the moment of their demise."
"Electric circuitry does not create a Public. It creates the Mass. The Mass does not consist of separate individuals, but of individuals profoundly involved in one another."
"Electric circuitry does not create a Public. It creates the Mass. The Mass does not consist of separate individuals, but of individuals profoundly involved in one another."
"All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values."
"All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values."
Compiled by William Kuhns

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