What is the meaning of the phrase the medium is the meaning?

Answer 1

Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase "The medium is the message" - and I'm sending you this message to reveal its meaning by illustrating his point with a literary example from an author whose masterpiece I'm trying to translate from the original French into my mother tongue, Dutch. In A la recherche du temps perduProust tries to "freeze" time by mesmerizing the reader (you and me) with his perpetuum mobile posing as prose. So the meaning of his gargantuan novel is incorporated in its style. In other words, the contents can be discovered in its very presentation.

Answer 2

"The medium is the message" is a phrase originally coined by Marshall McLuhan, suggesting that the form of a medium can have a significant impact on the message it conveys. In essence, the channel through which information is delivered can influence how that information is perceived and understood.