Global Communication

Introduction

Global communication is the process through which transmission and receipt of information is conducted on a world-wide scale. Over the centuries, people have been communicating on a world scale. However, distance and isolation have been the two main obstacles of global communication until the recent times. Nonetheless, the evolution of technology has transformed global communication into a more effective, easy, faster and clearer venture. Global communication has influenced globalization in the past 10 years. Global communication has revolutionized the globalization process because it has compressed time and space between individuals and societies thereby encouraging globalization with limited movement and less time wastage.

 Globalization is a process by which regional economies, cultures, and societies have become incorporated through a global system of transportation, communication, and trade. So my thesis Statement are global communication has been made more effective and faster through technological advancements in mobile phone, computers and internet and communication satellite.

First of all, the mobile phone which is also referred to as cellular phone has been influential on global communication. Approximately 35% of the current world population is using the mobile phone technology to either transmit simple voice telecommunication as well as short text messages (SMS) from one mobile phone to the other. This technology has drastically gained popularity because it has enabled people to communicate anywhere and anytime they wish to.

             Secondly, internet communication has been the most common mode of global communication frequently used in the recent past; this has been achieved through various ways with e-mail communication leading. Other communication types entail chat groups, email discussion groups, and Usenet news. Indeed such communications are exceptional in environments that are computer networked and have gained recognition due to the internet. This has been made possible because the percentage of individuals owning a computer has largely increased in the past few years. One of the publicly released statistics is that of Australia whereby in 1998 44% of Australians owned a computer in comparison to 71% in 2007. This trend has been experienced worldwide. Since internet is a network of PCs that offer information to individuals, the rise in use of the computers has resulted in a concomitant rise in the use of the internet as a new media.

             Finaly, satellite communication utilizes a system that orbits around the Earth that receives a signal and transmits it to the ground. This type of communication has been an essential part of both global and domestic communication. The innovation and improvement of the communication satellite technology has been very important in the development of digital and online journalism the Satellite News Gathering Technology especially in live television broadcast.

           Moreover, satellite technology has enabled communication, weather forecasting, navigation, and observation of land, sea and air and also enabled scientists to produce and transmit live images across the media even in remote areas as the war zones, as it was with the case of the Iraq war.

In conclusion, global communication has been simplified in the resent past thereby propelling globalization. The advancement in global communication has been linked to technological advancement especially in the mobile phone, communication satellite, and computer and internet technologies.