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used in the visually organized Western world. Spectator
becomes artist in oriental art because he must supply all the
connections.
The section on “media hot and cool” confused many
reviewers of Understanding Media who were unable to
recognize the very large structural changes in human outlook
that are occurring today. Slang offers an immediate index to
changing perception. Slang is based not on theories but on
immediate experience. The student of media will not only value
slang as a guide to changing perception, but he will also study
media as bringing about new perceptual habits.
The section on “the medium is the message“ can, perhaps,
be clarified by pointing out that any technology gradually
creates a totally new human environment. Environments are not