Jackie Chan: 'We live now in a global village and we are in one single family. It's our responsibility to bring friendship and love from all different places around the world and to live together in peace.'
Global village
Term first appeared in 1962 with the publication of Marshall McLuhan's The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man
Marshall McLuhan
Coined the terms "the medium is the message" and "the global village"
Predicted the "world wide web", almost thirty years before it was invented
How the world has become a global village
1. Introduction of prints by Johannes Gutenberg in 1439
2. Emergence of television
3. Development of the internet
What global village has brought into this world
Mass communication
Employment
Health care and treatment
Entertainment and social communications
Cultural exchange
Research
News
Business
Education
Advantages of global village
Improvement of transportation and telecommunication
Social media helps communicate and share information globally
Companies able to do business across the world
Global economy and free trade strengthens political relationships
Goods produced in one country and sold in many countries
Disadvantages of global village
Can lead to unemployment and exploitation
Employees cannot be confident they have stable jobs
Global trade creates excessive waste and pollution
People accepting information without questioning sources
