>[!abstract] >The global village, a concept popularized by Marshall McLuhan, describes how electronic media—especially television and later the internet—collapse space and time barriers, connecting people worldwide into a single, interconnected community. In this “village”, information circulates instantaneously, creating shared experiences and a heightened sense of global awareness. McLuhan viewed this both as an opportunity for empathy and understanding and as a source of tension, since proximity amplifies conflict as well as connection. The idea anticipates the social, cultural, and political transformations of globalization in the digital age, where media networks redefine the scale of human interaction. >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): [[Media ecology]] >- **West** (similar): [[Network society]] >- **East** (different): [[Fragmented public]] >- **South** (downstream): [[Digital immediacy]]