Global Communication

Global Communication

                Global Communication is the process of transmitting and receiving information at a world wide scale and has been around since before anyone can remember. Way longer than any of the current generations could possibly fathom. Some may disagree because in recent years the idea of global communication has become easy to do. Communication on a global scale in the past had been difficult due to distance, time, and language barriers.

                Access to the internet has been one of many factors in why global communication has become so fast and easy. It is a more effective way to communicate to others, even if it is not at a global level. An example of this would have to be Facebook.

                Facebook has only been around for a few years, it started in 2004 as a social network. In the beginning it was only open to college students and college graduates. It was supposed to be an easy way for people to communicate with people who were or had been attending school at Harvard. From there it grew even more, to include other college campuses. Not long after could high school students and the public join. As of January 2011 there are now over 600 million active users.

                This type of communication has made it easy for people all over the world to use this and other social networks as a way to send and receive information. One can communicate with their next door neighbor or a person living across the world in another country.

                 The internet is not the only factor, but technology as well. Technology is always changing. It seems to change daily. These changes do not only affect technology itself, but the people who use it and how it used. It can affect the human social life, cultures, and even political issues.

                Besides the internet, common communication through phone use has changed as well. In the past phones needed to be directly connected to a wall outlet and then phone line. Now with the use of cell phones anyone anywhere can easily communication with someone. Cell phones can be seen used by everyone no matter where they are. From sending someone a text message, to checking the weather, calling someone or even using the internet; the purpose of the phone has not changed, but the way it is being used has. Communication still remains to be the main function.

                Language barrios seem to be little to none in present day society. When communicating at a technological level it has allowed people to translate any language that one would, in the past, know nothing about. The English language has also changed the way that people communicate. It has become a language that is being used all over the world and the web. Just like other languages of the world’s past, English is one that has become well known all over the world. It is taught to students of other countries at an early age and is used by many large corporations all over the world.

                When it comes to communication there are many forms in which it has taken. The internet and use of a cell phone are just a two forms. Communication at a global scale or even to the person sitting to the right has become technological in the way people communication and is what this era is all about. Everyone needs to communicate, even if it is something as simple as hello.

Global communication has and will always be a big part of mankind’s everyday life. No matter what form of communication maybe it will only grow from here. The people of the world want to know what is going on and can’t seem to get enough information; meaning communication will never cease to exist.