Global Village
Global Village Draft
Having media and technology accessible on demand 24/7, 365 days of the year means information spreads across the globe within minutes. Communication has never been so easy.Countries are no longer isolated units functioning on their own, but instead, are like discrete families within a small, closely knit community. Nick Enright’s play “A Man with Five Children” and the BBC documentary “ How Facebook Changed The World: The Arab Spring” are both examples of how technology and media connects the world resulting into a global village. But is the world turning into a global village a problem or a problem solver.
The term “Global Village” refers to the world being connected to one and other due to outlooks like the Internet, Television, Mobile Phones and more, which makes the world a single community. Social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have allowed individuals to express their opinions and believes instantly to millions of people. Almost nothing is private these days; once something is published you can be sure to find it shared around the world on multiple platforms with people eager for their statement to be heard. For example, people used to tune in every night to the news for the newest ground breaking stories, as of now we have the latest worldwide stories categorized for our simplicity just a couple swipes away.
Nick Enright’s play “A Man with Five Children” follows the lives of Gerry Hilferty and five Australian children who are filmed one day out of the year, every year from the age of 7 until 21. Gerry calls the shots in the play, he’s the big boss playing puppeteer. Within the play the subject of negative media manipulation is transparent through the character Gerry who is eager to continue capturing the lives of these five “children”. The children grew up with Gerry from the age of 7 and he became a sort of farther figure to them who was always overly involved in their life, which makes it hard to cut away from him. Each
Having media and technology accessible on demand 24/7, 365 days of the year means information spreads across the globe within minutes. Communication has never been so easy.Countries are no longer isolated units functioning on their own, but instead, are like discrete families within a small, closely knit community. Nick Enright’s play “A Man with Five Children” and the BBC documentary “ How Facebook Changed The World: The Arab Spring” are both examples of how technology and media connects the world resulting into a global village. But is the world turning into a global village a problem or a problem solver.
The term “Global Village” refers to the world being connected to one and other due to outlooks like the Internet, Television, Mobile Phones and more, which makes the world a single community. Social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have allowed individuals to express their opinions and believes instantly to millions of people. Almost nothing is private these days; once something is published you can be sure to find it shared around the world on multiple platforms with people eager for their statement to be heard. For example, people used to tune in every night to the news for the newest ground breaking stories, as of now we have the latest worldwide stories categorized for our simplicity just a couple swipes away.
Nick Enright’s play “A Man with Five Children” follows the lives of Gerry Hilferty and five Australian children who are filmed one day out of the year, every year from the age of 7 until 21. Gerry calls the shots in the play, he’s the big boss playing puppeteer. Within the play the subject of negative media manipulation is transparent through the character Gerry who is eager to continue capturing the lives of these five “children”. The children grew up with Gerry from the age of 7 and he became a sort of farther figure to them who was always overly involved in their life, which makes it hard to cut away from him. Each