(INTERDEPENDENCE WORLDWIDE): »THE WORLD IS A GLOBAL VILLAGE » !

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-IN COMMUNICATION TERMS,WE LIVE IN A GLOBAL VILLAGE!THE WORLD HAS BEEN COMPRESSED INTO A TELEVISION SET.

(REMINDER OF FACTS AND BASIS):

-IN(1776), IT TOOK FIFTY DAYS FOR NEWS OF THE ENGLISH REACTION TO THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO GET BACK TO THE UNITED STATES .MOREOVER,IN (1950) BRITISH REACTION TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE KOREAN WAR WAS BROADCAST IN AMARICA IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.WITH ADVANCES IN SATELLITE BROADCASTING,REPORTS FILMED IN BRITAIN NOW TAKE A MERE (25) SECONDS TO REACH AMERICAN TV SCREENS!

-AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE NOW TAKE FOR GRANTED THE ALMOST IMMEDIATE TRANSMISSION OF NEWSWORTHY EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD.WHEN THAT ALLIED POWERS LAUNCHED ATTACKS ON IRAQ IN THE (1991) GULF WAR,NEWS REPORTERS IN BAGHDAD » (IRAQ) BROADCAST LIVE TO THE WORLD AS AS THE MISSILES WHIZZED OVERHEAD ON THEIR WAY SOMETIMES TO THEIR PROGRAMMED TARGET.IN THE SAME TREND,THE AMERICAN « CNN » CABLE NEWS NETWORK SUPPLIED COVERAGE OF THE CONFLICT AROUND THE CLOCK AND ACROSS THE GLOBE!

-(« MASS TRAVEL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURISM WORLWIDE »):

MOREOVER, THE WORLD HAS ALSO BEEN SHRUNK BY THE GROWTH IN MASS TRAVEL.TOURISM IS NOW THE WORLD’S LARGEST INDUSTRY.IN CONSEQUENCE, THE GROWTH OF TOURISM EXPOSES THE HOST NATION,AND THE TRAVELLER,TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF TRANSPORT,COMMUNICATIONS AND CONSUMPTION.AS A RESULT,BOTH SIDES DEVELOP A BROADER,AND SOMETIMES MORE CRITICAL,PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR OWN SOCIETY!IN ANOTHER WORDS, TOURISM BECOMES A FORM OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SOCIALISATION:FOR INSTANCE, IN WESTERN EUROPE , WEST INDIES, LATINA AMERICA AND IN THE WHOLE OFR AFRICA FROM (1980 TO 2005)!

-THAT’S TO SAY, IN A WORLD OF INTERDEPENDENCE AND GLOBALISATION, WE OUGHT TO CAST AWAY THE INTERNATIONAL BORDERS!BUT DUE TO  MASS MIGRATION RIGHT NOW IN EUROPE, A GREAT FEAR IS VISIBLE, ACCORDING TO SOME WESTERN ANALYSTS:MORE THAN (134000 PEOPLE) HAVE JOINED MIGRATION IN (EUROPE) SINCE (JANUARY 2016)!BE READY, IT’S NOT TOURISM AT ALL, BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE IN NEED ARE SEARCHING FOR A PEACEFUL SHELTER !

 

(THE TITLE, THE EXTRA ADDITIONS AND THE CONCLUSION ARE FROM THE CHIE EDITOR)(IMAGE):(USA AND NIGERIA)(THE GIANT OF AFRICA)