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In The Gutenberg Galaxy, McLuhan (1962) observed that electronic mass media were collapsing space and time barriers in human communication to enable people to communicate on a global scale. He coined the term global village to describe this change. Today, the global village is used as a metaphor to describe the Internet and Web. The Internet globalizes communication by allowing users from around the world to connect with each other. Similarly, web-connected computers enable people to link their web sites together. For instance, it is just as easy to create a link between a web site located in your hometown and a web site located around the world. The following web sites provide more information about McLuhan and his observations on media:
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