the world regarded as having become a single community by the effects of mass media, rapid travel, etc.
Origin of global village
term popularized by M. McLuhanglobal village
global village
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The definition of a global village is the idea that people are connected by easy travel, mass media and electronic communications, and have become a single community.
An example of the global village is all the combined societies throughout the world.
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The world considered as a single community in which telecommunications link the inhabitants together.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- The world as a single community of interdependent inhabitants who are interconnected by contemporary technology, especially television and the World Wide Web.
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Coined by Marshall McLuhan circa 1964.
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global village - Computer Definition
(1) A term coined by Marshall McLuhan who envisioned the world interconnected via electronic communications.
(2) (Global Village Communications, Inc.) A manufacturer of communications products for the Macintosh and Windows PCs founded in 1989. In 2000, it was acquired by Zoom Telephonics Inc.
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