Global Village - The term used to describe how the Web instantly connects audiences all over the world.

Web Utopians - Those who see the web and a social media technologies as having a benefit to society as a whole.

The Global Village - Marshall McLuhan (1964) - Suggested that TV would create a global village, as a medium central to communicating ideas. He also predicted a library network accessible everywhere that would allow access to all forums of information (Web 2.0 Effectively)

Electronic Agora  - Online meeting spaces such as forums and chat rooms where people can discuss a range of topics and achieve collaborations.

The Electronic Agora - (Rehingold 1991) - Is the idea that the web can be used for the exchange of ideas and socialise as avatars. This has been widely adopted by the open source and sports communities