Written by Dr. Manas Ranjan Debata || Dean Academics
The term Global Village was coined by Marshall McLuhan, a Canadian Philosopher and intellectual in 1964 with the vision of technology reducing the size of the Globe to that of a village with information floating freely and simultaneously from one end to the other.
Vision of McLuhan
Transformation in development and the need to bridge the gap among the people of the world.
Positive Impact
The world has become a global hub that houses a wide range of people from various walks of life.
Cultural Barriers
| Pre & Post-Independence Period | |
| Linguistic barriers across the world | Impacts After The Onset of Globalisation |
| The world has cultural differences and misinformation due to the lack of internet & telecommunication | Everyone can learn about different countries as well as their culture without visiting thus breaking the barriers of cultural misconception |
| Everyone can learn about different countries as well as their culture without visiting thus breaking the barriers of cultural misconception | Interacting with any other person in the planet by providing access to translations and interpreters in over 170 languages. |
| INFORMATION | |
| Interacting with any other person on the planet by providing access to translations and interpreters in over 170 languages. | Interacting with any other person on the planet by providing access to translations and interpreters in over 170 languages. |
| COMMUNICATION | |
| Inaccessibility of communication due to lack of facility | Information was not widespread. It takes days or even weeks for the dissemination of information. |
| TRADE | |
| Conventional ways of trading and physical markets. | The impact of the internet has enabled everyone to communicate easily regardless of distance. |
| The movement to Foreign Countries & conquering time and distance by air. | Transformed into an online market. There is increasing capital and making trade accessible among the countries. |
| JOB OPPORTUNITIES | |
| Movement through vehicles, and ships across the country. | Availability of job opportunities in one’s country |
| IMPROVE STANDARD OF LIVING | |
| It opens our business market to the whole world. It enlightens the nature of different types of jobs online to start a business &make our own fortune. | Prevalence of stereotyped standard of living as a consumer |
| TOGETHERNESS | |
| Limited to the country/state | Connect people and make us aware of the sufferings and occurrence of any global incident happening in the world. Togetherness has developed to help each other and fight for a good cause. |
| MODERNITY & DIVERSITY | |
| The world as a Global village has successfully brought everyone around the world together irrespective of race, tribe, and gender. Modernization also resembles economically backward countries | More opportunities to choose quality items at the right place at a reasonable price with no restriction on the goods. |
The philosophy of the global village is based on the hypothesis of translating ideas into action & invigorating dissemination of information for creating a new world of integration of world culture. integration of a market economy for the creation of a society based on social harmony, economic prosperity & universal cultural efflorescence.
