McLuhan proposed that the media extend our senses. The advent of written media changed societies which had previously depended on oral transmission of ideas partly because once something is written it can be ________ from its original context in a way that the spoken work cannot.

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Written media allows information to be separated from its original context, unlike spoken words which are tied to the context in which they are spoken.

McLuhan Proposed That the Media Extend Our Senses