Internet/Global village

The term Internet is an electronic Communication network that connects computer networks, devices and organisation.It is also a global wide area network that connects computer system accross.
The term global village describe the phenomenon of the entire world becoming more interconnected as the result of the propagation of media technologies through out the world.The phrase “internet have turned the world was coin by Marshall McLuan,a Canadian thinker and also a media theorist,in 1964.
According to him, global village mean all parts of the world as they are being brought together by the internet and other electronic Communication interconnections.He based his concept on the understanding of people moving toward involving personal interactions worldwide and the consequences as they ensure and operate simultaneously with their cause.Global village mean a lot but for the purpose of my discussion on how advances in Communication technologies have turned the world into a global village,I will back up my points with three relevant examples.
The world indeed is changing at a speed no one could ever imagine it,my examples are goes thus:
(1) Cultural Barrier
Before globalization,the internet and telecommunications,the biggest problem the world had was Cultural differences and mis information.
Looking at how Joseph Conrad portrayed Africans in his novel “Heart of Darkness” there was a misconcepion on his part due to lack of information as he saw Africans as barbaric, uncultured animals but, now, thanks to the internet, Africa is being seen as a vast Cultural Nation with talents, creativity, culture,beauty and so on.
Living in the world as a global village, every one can now been learn a lot about different countries as well as their culture without having to travel there.For example, through the use of the media which connects everyone in the world, people have learnt about and even travelled to witness Calabar Festival, Dubai Shopping Festival and Design week,as well as other events around the world thus, breaking the barrier of cultural misconcepion.
(2) Information
Information wasn’t widely spread as it is now.Back then,it would take days or even weeks for information to be spread among States but now, thanks to globalization which first brought newspapers, radios, televisions and then the world wide web known as the internet and social media, information can spread across the world in a couple of minutes.We no longer miss anything (no need for newspaper either) and we’re constantly updated 24/7 about what’s happening on the other side of the world without being there and,we can easily share our views and opinions,all thanks to the media.Although television is still in use,our phones especially have become an easy means of having “information with you on the go” as you can check for anything online anytime and anywhere.People make use of the internet in different ways,those that are not educated can listen to news on radio or watch it on television which is audio visual while educated one’s can read news on the internet,all these will transform the way they interact.
(3) Communication
Just like it was with information,it was also very difficult to communicate with one another in the olden era, especially with someone in a different Country.Before the invention of the internet, you’d have to pay back visit to whoever you wanted to communicate with,so long as they were in the same town you but now,the internet has pratically changed the world and has impacted Communication thus, enabling everyone to communicate easily regardless of the distance (you have to pick up your phone and call or send a message to anyone anywhere in the world).
Globalization first brought to us phones and then the internet/social media which has made it easier to communicate with anyone any anywhere in the world even without calling thus breaking Communication barriers/video calls has also made it easier for you to feel like you are there with your loved ones,it is exciting). Almost everyone in the world’ now have access to a gadget or the internet, which has become the mode of communication.