Beyond
McLuhanÕs Òinstantaneous worldÓ of television, though, was the Internet, which
hardly existed in time at all. Unlike the television, which described
information to you, the viewer, the Internet mediated and was mediated by you;
it was not prescriptive or descriptive, but interactive (Chitty, 2002). Its
pages appeared as you deployed your trigger-happy finger-weapon, but your ability to receive
the information you desired was wrapped by and in this entity.