global village
World made small
Global village describes the world as a single interconnected community, where modern communication and transportation have made distance and national boundaries less significant.
The term suggests that electronic media—television, internet, social networks—create shared experiences across the globe, making distant events feel local: News spreads instantly in the global village.
Coined by media theorist Marshall McLuhan in the 1960s.
State of mutual linkage
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- borderlessWithout defined limits
- transnationalCrossing country lines
- glocalizationTailoring global for local
McLuhan · shrinking world · cultural exchange · homogenization · universalism · pluralism · melting pot · mosaic
Remote signal transmission technology
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- broadbandFast internet access
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- cyberspaceVirtual electronic network environment
digital · network · Wi-Fi · streaming · online · social media · instant messaging · video conferencing
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- diversityState of varied elements
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- integrationCombining into a whole
- hybridizationMixing distinct genetic lines
cosmopolitanism · world music · fusion cuisine · lingua franca · cultural literacy · traditions · diaspora · heritage
Reciprocal reliance between entities
- solidarityUnity among allies
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- social fabricInterconnected relationships in society
collectivism · shared responsibility · mutual aid · belonging · kinship · neighbors · stakeholders · participation
Mass signal transmission
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- newsReports of recent events
- foreign correspondentJournalist based overseas
- citizen journalismNon-professionals reporting news
viral · trending · world news · translation · multilingual · syndication · social networks · propaganda
interconnectedness
State of mutual linkage
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- borderlessWithout defined limits
- transnationalCrossing country lines
McLuhan · glocalization · shrinking world · cultural exchange · homogenization · universalism · pluralism · melting pot · mosaic · one world
telecommunications
Remote signal transmission technology
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- broadbandFast internet access
- internetInterconnected computer systems
cyberspace · digital · network · Wi-Fi · streaming · online · social media · instant messaging · video conferencing · real-time
multiculturalism
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- diversityState of varied elements
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
- integrationCombining into a whole
hybridization · cosmopolitanism · world music · fusion cuisine · lingua franca · cultural literacy · traditions · diaspora · heritage · folk
interdependence
Reciprocal reliance between entities
- solidarityUnity among allies
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
social fabric · collectivism · shared responsibility · mutual aid · belonging · kinship · neighbors · stakeholders · participation · civil society
broadcasting
Mass signal transmission
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- newsReports of recent events
- foreign correspondentJournalist based overseas
citizen journalism · viral · trending · world news · translation · multilingual · syndication · social networks · propaganda · narrative
- cultural diversitycultural diversity, ethnic enclave, ethnic neighborhoods, Chinatown, Little Italy
- multicultural eventsfood festival, cultural fair, international day, Lunar New Year, Cinco de Mayo
- globalizationfree trade, multinationals, interdependence, multinational corporations, WTO
- McLuhantetrad, visual space, retrieval, obsolescence, enhancement
- Cultural Fusionfusion cuisine, fusion jazz, fusion dance, syncretism, hybridity
- urban districtsbusiness district, historic district, arts district, cultural district, entertainment district
global villageisolated communities
Settlements with limited outside contact
isolation · insularity · disconnection · fragmentation · balkanization
global villagelocal village
Nearby small community
parochialism · provincialism · localism · tribalism · nationalism
global villagecensorship
Official content restriction
iron curtain · dark ages · information blackout · media blackout · closed borders
village, globe, global, globalization, globally, globalize, globalism, globalized, globalist