> In other words, the Medium Plays No Part in the Message. But new media
> make new audiences and/or new communicators possible, and/or change
> the rhythm of communication. Surely messages are partly shaped by the
> intended audience and partly by the rhythm (i.e., how fast exchanges
> take place)?
Yes. It seems to me that Carrol is flirting with the vulgarist of Marxisms here: that social technologies and processes are essentially neutral, empty, and content-free, waiting to be filled and directed by the material base.