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The entire world and its inhabitants: “The global village has come to understand that no society that seeks respect can support or tolerate . . . savagery” (Hugh Sidey).


 
 

(1) A term coined by Marshall McLuhan who envisioned the world interconnected via electronic communications.

(2) (Global Village Communications, Inc.) A manufacturer of communications products for the Macintosh and Windows PCs founded in 1989. In 2000, it was acquired by Zoom Telephonics Inc.



 
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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.

 
 

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