What it means: How the globe has been contracted into a village by electric technology and the instantaneous movement of information from every quarter to every point at the same time. It describes one world interconnected by an electronic nervous system, making it a part of popular culture.

Marshall McLuhan predicted the global village before it actually happened. Marshall McLuhan was the first person to popularise the concept of a global village and to consider its social effects. His insights were revolutionary at the time, and fundamentally changed how everyone has thought about media, technology, and communications ever since.

Facebook could be considered a ‘village,’ they have record of every action you have involved yourself in on Facebook. They now bring up ‘memories’ which remind you of something you posted on that day years ago. Anything you upload, comment on or post is recorded and becomes part of your ‘community’.

The use of hashtags also demonstrate this by bringing all of something similar to the same page or place. For example, you can search a hashtag and suddenly have access to posts regarding that topic. Not to mention the large interaction across the WWW, on site can link and share to another etc.