Abstract
In 1962, the Canadian sociologist Marshall McLuhan spoke for the first time about the global village. This new expression appeared in perhaps his most famous book: The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man (1962). It was taken up by the author in Understanding Media (1964) and used in the title of the book War and Peace in the Global Village (1968). In general terms, McLuhan’s concept of a global village is related to a substantial change generated mainly by the media. Images and sounds could be transmitted from and to any place of the world at any moment. Another topic debated by the author was the growing importance that these media products were playing in the daily lives of the inhabitants of our planet. The consequence was a change in our perception of the distances that divide us from other realities. Technology played an important role. The global village concept is drawn from the idea of a world community that was overcoming the barriers that traditionally have existed. A world community that, in some way, was transforming in a definitive way the frontiers that have divided humanity.
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Vallet et al. (2014).
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Vallet et al. (2014).
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Vallet et al. (2014).
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Ogden and Richards (1923), pp. 10–13.
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Sartori (2011/1970), pp. 29–32.
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Ibid. pp. 29–32.
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It is what the author defines as terminology anchorage.
- 8.
Gadal and Jeansoulin (1998), p. 177.
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Mood (1949), p. 78–83.
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Ibid. p. 78.
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Cockeram (1643).
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Bailey (1721).
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Bailey (1730), p. 79.
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Johnson (1755).
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Walker (1791).
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Johnson (1800).
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Witherspoon (1781), p. 79.
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Webster (1806).
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Webster (1828), p. 80.
- 20.
Worcerter (1860).
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Sartori (2011/1970), pp. 29–32.
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Sartori (2011/1970) p. 29.
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Mood (1949), p. 80.
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Green (1884).
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Webster (1890), p. 81.
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Webster (1909).
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Funk and Wagnalls Company (1893).
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Ibid.
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Murray (1897).
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Ibid.
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Mencken (1947/1945), p. 82.
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Horwill (1947/1935).
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Craigie and Hulbert (1940).
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Allen et al. (1990).
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Ibid.
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HarperCollins (2019).
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Hornby and Crowther (2019).
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Merriam-Webster (2019).
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Harper (2019).
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Allen et al. (1990).
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HarperCollins (2019).
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Harper (2019).
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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HarperCollins (2019).
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Harper (2019).
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Ibid.
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Allen et al. (1990).
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Ibid.
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Harper (2019).
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Harper (2019).
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Harper (2019).
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Allen et al. (1990).
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HarperCollins (2019).
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Harper (2019).
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Endrizzi, D. (2023). As an Introduction: The Term ‘Frontier’ and Kindred Concepts. In: Endrizzi, D., Becerra, J., Del Campo, E.A.P., Cubides Cárdenas, J., Gamarra-Amaya, L.C. (eds) Frontiers – Law, Theory and Cases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13607-8_1
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