The global village has come to represent and perhaps link technological progress with better global human relations that in turn has unearthed and defined a specific youth culture. In essence, the changing global media landscape the arrival of a powerful global media-driven culture is shaping the socialization processes, values, and beliefs of younger and older people thus influencing people’s decisions.
New technologies offer a culture of information, pleasure and relative autonomy, all of which are of particular appeal to society's youth. This has implications not only for young people themselves but also for their relationships within the family and between generations. The advent of globalization has meant, for many people, the sphere of experience has become global and local at once. People are often among the first to take advantage of the introduction of new technologies.
People using i-pods can communicate through i-tunes were they can listen to other peoples tunes that they have on their i-pods, this means that they are in close proximity in meeting each other. There are also i-pod communities were i-pod owners can chat and discuss things concerning I-pods and other things in general, people also interact through i-pod web rings, forums ect. Apple has also created an education website to teach or educate their customers how to use and make use of the different functions of their I-pods this is called I-life. The Apple Digital Campus Exchange, Apple Education Online Communities which is an, online collaborative environment that provides valuable information and resources and connects members beyond their normal circles and I-village which is a virtual learning community.
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