Google’s Role in Communication in the

Globalized World
In our modern world, the most prevalent form of technology is communicating through the use
of the World Wide Web. Via Internet, people all around the world share ideas.

Google is one of the most successful Trans National Corporations in the World. This US based
conglomerate has produced technology that makes searching on the Internet extremely
efficient. The efficiency of Google has created demand for worldwide users for its ability to
allow communication and collection of ideas to be so obtainable.

Mission Statement:
“Organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.”

Services:
One can mix and match from the following services that Google provides;

 Gmail:
Offer email with 2 gigabytes of storage per account, search tools to help finding information
fast, and instant messaging built right into the browser.
 Google Talk:
Teachers and students can call or send instant messages to their contacts for free —
anytime, anywhere in the world. Imagine the possibilities for people collaborating on
projects from different locations.
 Google Docs:
Students and teachers can create documents, spreadsheets and presentations and then
collaborate with each other in real-time right inside a web browser window.
 Google Groups:
With Google Groups, one can set up their own place to communicate and collaborate, safely
and securely, with others online. You can use Google Groups to post important information
such as student or parent contact information, host online discussions, and manage and
archive multiple mailing lists. Google Groups is simple to set up and easy to use, so you can
get started using it to share information with students, parents or your colleges worldwide
in a hurry. You can set up your group to be published for all to see, or you set it as a private
group and share only with those of your choosing. And because you can customize Google
Groups pages, you can make your group feel like a true home on the web.
 Google Groups features like online discussions and real-time editing can make it simple for
students to work together even when they’re not in the same physical location, sharing
research findings, collaborating on group projects, and comparing notes on classroom
lessons. Because you can set up multiple groups, Google Groups can make it easier to
communicate directly, and privately.

 Google Calendar:
Google Calendar is an easy way for teachers, administrators, managers and students to
share time-related info like team schedules, assignment deadlines and school holidays.
Anyone who needs to view a calendar can use it from any Internet-connected computer and
access it within their Google Calendar account. Changes made by a calendar organizer are
automatically seen by anyone who checks, which makes outdated versions a thing of the
past.

One can set up separate calendars for each of different categories and share each one with
a designated group or the entire community. Also you can use Google Calendar to share
info about field trips and other activities.

 Google News:
Google News brings together news from all around the world. With Google News, one can
browse headlines from their favorite newspapers and magazines, all on a single page, or can
go more deeply into the topics that interest those most, by searching thousands of news
sources at once. Google News also allows to search archived news, putting more than 200
years of content at the fingertips—so one can find primary sources more easily, and see
what real-time observers had to say about the issues and events that would become part of
the fabric of history. For example, searching for “moon landing” will return results published
in 1969, showing you just what people were saying when the first man walked on the moon.

By giving you instant access to a variety of perspectives on almost any topic, Google News
can help make lesson plans more interesting and enlightening. If studying current events,
for instance—like the unrest in the Middle East—one can learn what observers around the
world are saying about the issues.

To sum up, we can say for sure that Google has transformed the way people find the relevant
information that they need. It has replaced dictionaries, magazines, books and so many other
elements of the world and has gathered the entire world in just one ‘search bar’.