The family circle has widened. The worldpool of information fathered by the electric media--movies, Telstar, flight--far surpassesany possible influence mom and dad can now bring to bear. Character no longer is shaped by only two earnest, fumbling experts. Now all the world's a sage.
Marshall McLuhanTime’ has ceased, 'space' has vanished. We now live in a global village... a simultaneous happening
Marshall McLuhanIn television, images are projected at you. You are the screen. The images wrap around you. You are the vanishing point.
Marshall McLuhanWhen people become too intense, too serious, they will have trouble in relating to any sort of social game or norm. Perhaps this is why jokes are so important. On one hand they tell us about where the problems and grievances are, and, at the same time, they provide the means of enduring these grievances by laughing at the problems.
Marshall McLuhan