McLuhanism...and Tsunami Resources

So sayeth the media conceptualist Marshall MuLuhan. My Intro to Mass Media prof was very fond of him, especially his thoughts on the global village. In his book, Understanding Media, he explained the concept this way:

"...since the inception of the telegraph and radio, the globe has contracted, spatially, into a single large village. Tribalism is our only resource since the electro-magnetic discovery. "

(xii-xiii)

We really do live in a global village. Think about how quickly information, videos, and, photographs have become (almost instantly) available in the wake of the tsunami in southeast Asia. Video and still photographs are available from many websites:

• Waves Of Destruction
• Lost Remote- Tsunami Resource Page
• Reuters TV (an excellent site in general for raw news footage)
• The Tsunami Video Hosting initiative
• There's even a tsunami blog.