Marshall McLuhan and the global village

The “global village,” mentioned in this chapter, was a concept of media philosopher Marshall McLuhan. Watch this 1960 video clip and discuss what topics remain relevant to viewers more than 50 years later.

Arab Spring: An uprising goes global

This article discusses how the Arab Spring uprisings became global news. Read and discuss. How have news events in the United States, like mass school shootings, also “gone global?”

Geoblocking

Even as global media pushes for synergy, content is often still limited to a specific country. The U.S. sees a limited amount of content from fellow English-speaking countries like Canada and the UK. What might be some of the reasons for this limited access?