Global village (also known as world village) is a term commonly used to describe the societal and cultural effects of telecommunications. Global Village is often used as a metaphor to describe the internet and the World Wide Web. Therefore, this technology fosters the idea of a conglomerate yet unified global community.
Global village may also refer to:
- Global Village (Dubai), cultural, entertainment and shopping destination located at Dubailand in Dubai
- Global Village (TV series), an Australian television show
- Global Village (radio show), a Canadian radio show
- Global Village, an American radio show broadcast on 90.7FM KPFK in Los Angeles
- Global Village, an international educational youth festival organised by the Woodcraft Folk and the IFM-SEI
- Global Village (telecommunications), a manufacturer of consumer modems, now a division of Zoom Technologies
- Global Village Telecom, a Brazilian telecommunications company.
Famous quotes related to global village:
“Ours is a brand—new world of allatonceness. ‘Time’ has ceased, ‘space’ has vanished. We now live in a global village ... a simultaneous happening.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
“The Sage of Toronto ... spent several decades marveling at the numerous freedoms created by a ‘global village’ instantly and effortlessly accessible to all. Villages, unlike towns, have always been ruled by conformism, isolation, petty surveillance, boredom and repetitive malicious gossip about the same families. Which is a precise enough description of the global spectacle’s present vulgarity.”
—Guy Debord (b. 1931)