Dean Barnlund writes,"Within no longer than a decade or two the probability of spending part of one's life in a foreign culture will exceed the probability a hundred years ago of ever leaving the town in which one was born."(47) Making note that Barnlund wrote this several years ago, the copyright referenced is 1975. Foreign cultures are very present in our daily lives. Through the internet, television,radio. The United States is referred to as the melting pot of the world. It has been from the beginning a place for immigrants to settle and live their lives. Many large cities are made up of bergs that house separate ethnic groups. Knowing just one language is not the norm as society becomes more integrated with other cultures. The experiences at the market place while shopping and hearing other shoppers speaking a foreign language are ever more present. These occurences are becoming more commonplace. Is the world becoming a smaller place or just more expansive in the cultural communicating experiences that can be encountered within you own neighborhood & city. Tourist always have had the cultural encounters, but with the transportation industry being able to transport people very quickly & in larger numbers the probability of a non tourist is ever so present of meeting a person or persons of a different culture. As we live our lives the experiences with different cultures we gain will enhance our feeling of a "global village."(48)
Barnlund,Dean."Communication in a Global Village." Literacies. 2nd ed. Ed. Terence Brunk et al. New York: Norton. 2000. 47-61
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I wish to applaud you for taking in the timeline of which "Communication in a Global Village" was written and so cleverly showing its significance in this post of yours. Being an international student, I am very thankful that I can feel so welcomed here. This shows just how close we are to realizing Barnlund's "global village".
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