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Laws of Media

the tetrad is a structured, four-part heuristic1. Laws of Media was published in 19882.

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the tetrad is a structured, four-part heuristic

# A Comprehensive Map of Marshall McLuhan's Thought: Concept
“he meant it as a structured, four-part heuristic that any analyst could apply to any artifact”
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Laws of Media was published in 1988

# A Comprehensive Map of Marshall McLuhan's Thought: Concept
“*Laws of Media* (1988)”
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"new technologies retrieve obsolesced older forms"
Asserted by Marshall McLuhan · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
# A Comprehensive Map of Marshall McLuhan's Thought: Concept ↗
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