Understanding McLuhan/Understanding McLuhan (1996)(Voyager)[Mac-PC].iso/pc/mcluhan.dxr/07212_Field_TCUM T777.txt

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now is, “Let’s talk  French,” and “Let the bard be heard .” And
oddly enough, with the demand for depth, goes the demand for
crash-programming. Not only deeper, but further, into all
knowledge, has become the normal popular demand since TV.
Perhaps enough has been said about the nature of the TV
image to explain why this should be. How could it possibly
pervade our lives any more than it does? Mere classroom use
could not extend its influence. Of course, in the classroom its
role compels a reshuffling of subjects, and approaches to
subjects. Merely to put the present classroom on TV would be
like putting movies on TV. The result would be a hybrid that is
neither. The right approach is to ask, “What can TV do that the
classroom cannot do for French, or for physics?” The answer is:
“TV can illustrate the interplay of process and the growth of
forms of all kinds as nothing else can.”