Medium is the message

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If medium is the message, what is the message? I believe the message is the content of the medium. The web contains all forms of communication that contains messages according to the content of the that it produces. Today there are many different websites on the internet that serves a purpose. There are sites for newspapers, blogs, videos and for gaming. Every website has an author behind each content that it publishes, therefore has the ability to manipulate messages. It's possible to blog about a famous quote that can be explained in different ways depending on the web or the medium. It's a bond where the medium influences how the message is being expressed.

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