tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451271892473686275.post7150351290103688574..comments2023-08-24T06:43:12.127-04:00Comments on The Tufted Titmouse: "The Medium is the Massage" messageDr Benwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487095207583971575noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451271892473686275.post-86661324200097706372009-09-06T22:43:40.951-04:002009-09-06T22:43:40.951-04:00I see the wiki entry for the book attributes "...I see the wiki entry for the book attributes "massage" as a printer's mistake on the first printing according to McLuhan's son Eric. I gotta say this is news to me (embarrassing for sure, as I work for the current publisher of the work, Gingko Press.) Stay tuned.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942818799310826736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451271892473686275.post-28559013132806971242009-09-06T13:53:37.360-04:002009-09-06T13:53:37.360-04:00Thanks for correcting me, David.
So when the last...Thanks for correcting me, David.<br /><br />So when the last psychiatrist wrote, "McLuhan wrote The Medium Is The Message but due to a printing error, it came out Massage. Proving his point..." he's talking about a a printing error with the first edition in the 1960s. Or there was no error; McLuhan just made a pun, as you say, and TLP is just taking the piss, as he is wont to do.Dr Benwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01487095207583971575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451271892473686275.post-81970589729558347622009-09-06T13:00:06.238-04:002009-09-06T13:00:06.238-04:00This has always been the title of the book since i...This has always been the title of the book since it was originally published in the 60's. McLuhan coined Medium is the Message, but titled the book "Massage", twisting one of his "probes" into a pun as he was wont to do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942818799310826736noreply@blogger.com