Global Village is a term closely associated with Marshall McLuhan‚[1] popularized in his books The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man (1962) and Understanding Media (1964). McLuhan describes how the globe has been contracted into a village by electric technology[2] and the instantaneous movement of information from every quarter to every point at the same time [3]. In bringing all social and political functions together in a sudden implosion‚ electric speed has heightened human awareness
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Global Village Draft Having media and technology accessible on demand 24/7‚ 365 days of the year means information spreads across the globe within minutes. Communication has never been so easy.Countries are no longer isolated units functioning on their own‚ but instead‚ are like discrete families within a small‚ closely knit community. Nick Enright’s play “A Man with Five Children” and the BBC documentary “ How Facebook Changed The World: The Arab Spring” are both examples of how technology and
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In the editorial‚ “The World Wakes Up to the Danger of Superbugs” (2016)‚ the New York Times Editorial Board reports that excessive use of existing drugs and slow research of new drugs is causing people to die of drug resistant infections. The Board uses a serious tone‚ logos‚ and diction to support their claim. The Board suggests that overuse of antibiotics by doctors and farmers along with insufficient research to create new antibiotics and vaccines has contributed to the amount of deaths from
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Global Village Today the term global village is common the world becomes approximate day after day via technology which has been making our life style faster. The relationship with each other more consolidated. Also‚ an industry deems one of the important reasons to make the world become a small village. Although a existence of many agents to make the world as a small village‚ I believe there are three main reasons of that. The first and most important reason that helps the world to become
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Anita Desai’s wonderful novel tells the story of a family living in the small fishing village of Thul‚ 14 kilometres from Bombay‚ India. It is more precisely the story of two young people‚ Hari‚ a boy of 14‚ and Lila‚ a girl of 13‚ with a will to survive. Their task is not easy. Lila has to look after their mother who is very ill with fever and requires constant care. She is also in charge of all the household chores and has to look after their two younger sisters‚ Bela and Kamal. Hari on the other
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It Takes a Village… When most people hear the word spirituality‚ the assumption is usually that it is referring to religion. We know now though that spirituality can mean many different things to many different people. Each individual person holds their own interpretation of what is spiritual in their lives. In some people‚ spirituality is being in touch with nature through a sunset or through the ocean’s tide. For others‚ spirituality is being close to family. It is also very common to see that
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A village fair is an annual affair in our village life. It is basically a large gathering of rural people on a particular occasion. It is like a mirror that reflects the emblem of rural life‚ culture‚ art and heritage. A village fair generally sits by focusing a day of great importance in our village life. It is held on the occasions of some religious festivals or local important events. It sits on the 1st day of Baishakh‚ the first month of Hizri year or on the day of Charka Puja and so on. Sometimes
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When the Sleeper Wakes by Herbert George Wells First of all I chose this book not only because it was the first book I found that had 100 pages or more‚ but because the title interested me. I would say this book is a fiction story because no one can sleep for decades and then wake up. The story “When the Sleeper Wakes” is about a man that lives in London and has insomnia. Graham then falls into a strange sleep while he was at a friend’s house. When he wakes up 200 years later‚ he is immediately
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MALANA Malana is an ancient village to the northeast of Kullu Valley. This solitary village in the Malana Nala‚ a side valley of the Parvati Valley‚ is isolated from the rest of the world. The majestic peaks of Chandrakhani and Deotibba shadow the village. It is situated on a remote plateau by the side of the torrential Malana river at a height of 3029 m above the sea level. Unaffected by the modern civilization‚ Malana has its own lifestyle and social structure. People are strict in following their
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‘The Village by the Sea’ is a wonderful book which contains a lot to learn from. Since the industrial revolution swept the world‚ people have forgotten their roots. They have forgotten how their ancestors lived in a place where the only sort of excitement they would receive was spending time with their families and friends. As the people sit inside their air conditioned home‚ people have to go bathe in the river and oceans. Anita Desai has beautifully captured the essence of how a family lives in
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