How long does it take to read The Medium Is the Massage?
an inventory of effects
The Medium Is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan takes about 2 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 55 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1967. 159 pages, about 43,725 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Pictorial presentation of the impact on contemporary society and individual man of the new developments in technology and communications media.
Subjects: Communication, History, Mass media, Technology and civilization, Social aspects, Philosophy
