Marshall McLuhan Quote
The ear favours no particular point of view.We are enveloped by sound.It forms a seamless web around us.We say, Music shall fill the air. We never say, Music shall fill a particular segment of the air.We hear sounds from everywhere, without ever having to focus. Sounds come from above, from below, from in front of us, from behind us, from our right, from our left.We can‘t shut out sound automatically. We simply are not equipped with earlids.Where a visual space is an organised continuum of a uniformed connected kind, the ear world is a world of simultaneous relationships.
Marshall McLuhan
The ear favours no particular point of view.We are enveloped by sound.It forms a seamless web around us.We say, Music shall fill the air. We never say, Music shall fill a particular segment of the air.We hear sounds from everywhere, without ever having to focus. Sounds come from above, from below, from in front of us, from behind us, from our right, from our left.We can‘t shut out sound automatically. We simply are not equipped with earlids.Where a visual space is an organised continuum of a uniformed connected kind, the ear world is a world of simultaneous relationships.
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About Marshall McLuhan
McLuhan coined the expression "the medium is the message" in the first chapter in his Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man and the term global village. He predicted the World Wide Web almost 30 years before it was invented. He was a fixture in media discourse in the late 1960s, though his influence began to wane in the early 1970s. In the years following his death, he continued to be a controversial figure in academic circles. However, with the arrival of the Internet and the World Wide Web, interest was renewed in his work and perspectives.