The Shrinking Planet

Rob Reardon wonders about virtual community

Today, I had separate online conversations with people in India, Australia and Canada. These days, however, that’s not too hard to comprehend. After all, with the proliferation of VoIP and Instant Messaging, it has never been easier to communicate globally. In an instant, we can talk to one another like we’re in the next room or at least across town.

No longer are these communication tools used exclusively by computer geeks and video gamers. This new wave of communication ease is being utilized by world leaders - political, religious and everything in between. President Barack Obama is ruffling feathers in the news media industry by vowing to use YouTube regularly to communicate with the American public.

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Tags: communication, Youtube