Global facts, and names we might need to know...

• 1960 - marshal McLuhan wrote 'Explorations in communication' - introduced the idea of 'Global village'. 
• He predicted where the media was headed, even before mp3 players and what we call the media today!
• (statistic in 2008) 20% of the world do not have broadband, this makes a digital divide.

What difference does it make?

Some people like waters (1995) thinks that the more globalisation there is the less people will care about local or national culture, and rather than follow religion, follow a more attractive, persuasive way of living, regardless of where they come from. Not every person agrees with this theory Moore's argues that the idea we can go onto a website and be able to see what another country is doing is like walking down the street on your phone to some one on the other side of the world, its like being in two places at once, and making the way we see the world more convenient. So we end up living in two places at once, both locally and globally.However is this making people travel less? And making the world smaller?


Another speculation is that the globalization will cause a 'Winners and losers' effect on the trading world. Whereas the rich and powerful have broadband and mobile networks, such as America. Places like Gambia where culture is very local, and very poor, will struggle to contact their providers and buyers, so will lose profit and money from lost communication.