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global village

noun

the world, especially considered as the home of all nations and peoples living interdependently.

global village

the whole world considered as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being interdependent economically, socially, and politically

global village

A phrase coined by Marshall McLuhan to describe the world that has been “shrunk” by modern advances in communications. McLuhan likened the vast network of communications systems to one extended central nervous system , ultimately linking everyone in the world.

Term introduced by the book War and Peace in the Global Village (1968) by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore

C20: coined by Marshall McLuhan

But The Dog surpasses simply documenting the alienation endemic in the 21st-century global village.

It turns out there may be a whole global village living online sharing similar dark fantasies.

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