examine mind the concept of a global village and find out how the boundaries between countries and peoples are gradually decreasing
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The term global village describes the phenomenon of the world becoming more interconnected as the result of the propagation of media technologies throughout the world. The term was coined by Canadian media theorist, Marshall McLuhan and popularized in his books The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man (1962) and Understanding Media (1964).[1] Literary scholar Sue-Im Lee describes how the term global village has come to designate “the dominant term for expressing a global coexistence altered by transnational commerce, migration, and culture” (as cited in Poll, 2012).[2] Economic journalist Thomas Friedman's definition of the global village as a world “tied together into a single globalized marketplace and village” is another popular contemporary understanding of the term (as cited in Poll, 2012).[2]
Marshall McLuhan, who was a Canadian thinker, coined the term 'global village' in the 1960s. It indicates daily production and consumption of media, images and content by global audiences.[3] McLuhan based his concept on the understanding of people moving towards involving personal interactions worldwide and the consequences, as they ensue and operate simultaneously with their causes.[4] The term "global village" means all parts of the world as they are being brought together by the internet and other electronic communication interconnections.[5] Other forms of communication such as Skype allow us to communicate and connect with others, especially others in other countries, easier.[6] The new reality of the digital age has implications for forming new socially meaningful structures within the context of culture.[7] Interchanging messages, stories, opinions, posts, and videos through channels on telecommunication pathways can cause miscommunication—especially through different cultures.[8] Contemporary analysts question the causes of changes in community.[8] Often they speculate about whether or not the consequences of these changes could lead to some new sociological structure.[8] Most of them have pointed out that the increased velocity of transactions has fostered international density, making social networks a catalyst for social change.
People use technology to fit into a digital community to which they are not physically connected, but mentally connected. Each social media platform acts as a digital home for individuals, allowing people to express themselves through the global village.[7] A Review of General Semantics argues that media ecology and new media have expanded who has the ability to create and view media texts.[13] Since mass media began, it has called for the westernization of the world, hence the global village. Without the mass media in effect, other countries wouldn't be having the knowledge of what the acquisitions of the other nations of the world constitute. Since most of the developing countries acquired the news and entertainment from developed nations like the U.S, the information received is biased in favor of developed nations which connects the world in similarities within the media.[14]