Globalization and Culture: Global Mélange In discourses of globalization‚ there have traditionally been two schools of thought. The first is that globalization leads to homogenization of culture worldwide‚ while the second is that globalization leads cultures to become rigid and unyielding in order to protect themselves from the outside influences. In Globalization and Culture: Global Mélange‚ Jan Nederveen Pieterse argues a third concept: that globalization leads to cultural hybridity. Hybridity
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Why should Christmas be banned? My mother always makes a point in making sure I know never to lie to her. But that made me think‚ is it right for her to lie to me for the first 9 years of my life? Tricking children into behaving well in order to receive presents. Isn’t that bribery? Parents say that you should never lie and always tell the truth‚ but the way I see it is‚ they have gone against their word and become a hypocrite. On the other hand they could be enhancing enjoyment. But I know
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The existence of globalization for quite a few decades has led various cultures to influence one another and become more alike through trade‚ immigration‚ and the exchange of information and ideas. Besides‚ in this age of information and technologies‚ pervasiveness of media has promoted significant influence of global culture on that of local. In recent decades‚ the degree and intensity of the connections among different cultures and different world regions have accelerated dramatically because of
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First of all‚ Yvonne Bynoe in her article‚ “Getting Real about Global Hip Hop‚” describes global hip hop as something that should not be looked at as related to the hip hop from America (Bynoe‚ 78). Bynoe describes global hip hop in this manner because she firmly believes that hip hop is not really hip hop if it does not relate back to the culture from which it came (Bynoe‚ 78). According to Bynoe‚ “Hip Hop culture is indeed based on improvisation and adaptation‚ but…are based in turn on a Black
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Knowledge is very powerful. We decide whether we want to know something or not. I disagree with the statement that the lack of knowledge can’t hurt you. The true knowledge often hurts; however it doesn’t mean that lack of it can’t hurt. Why can lack of knowledge be harmful and hurt us? Let’s start from a simple fact like not studying for a test or a quiz may or will result in a bad grade. Not knowing the material that we are studying can and will hurt us. General knowledge in a society is very important
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EMERGING MARKETS While no generally agreed upon definition for emerging markets exists‚ the term refers to low-income countries which generally have a rapid pace of economic development and where government policies favour economic liberalization (Hoskisson et al‚ 2000). These markets not only do some have high economic growth rates but nearly all have high population growth rates (Reynolds‚ 2006). Some countries can be identified as big emerging markets. According to the World Bank‚ the five biggest
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comfort and convenience. Meanwhile‚ in the articles “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr and “Smarter Than You Think” by Clive Thompson that I chose from they say I say‚ the authors are both argue about the technology‚ and they believe technology is changing the way on the human mind today. Although both articles are closely related‚ they are also completely different. Thompson think technology bringing us a lot of benefits‚ but Carr suspicious that the advancing technology is a wicked invention
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1.In what ways do Hollywood movies affect national culture outside of the United States? First‚ Hollywood is a famous and great brand all round the world and it is true that it has a lot of good movies which left praise word. Thus‚ it has a lot of fans. Second‚ Hollywood is good at creation and do well and firstly using new technology. It can attack a lot of audience. What aspects of U.S. Culture do Hollywood films promote around the world? I think two aspects are obvious. One is the
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5. On balance‚ do you think Google has a serious public relations problem? I believe Google does not have a serious public relations problem because of two reasons; first‚ Google has reconciled with many companies or organizations even if they have litigations‚ second‚ Google fires excellent talents and specialists on public relations problem. It is true that Google have experienced litigations. As Google expand its size and growth‚ they are more likely to have litigation and regulation‚ especially
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going to be different for every person. In the book‚ Emerging Adulthood‚ Arnett talks about some of the main qualities the relationships are part of. The five main qualities are identity explorations‚ instability‚ self-focused age‚ feeling in-between‚ and possibilities. In the time when a person is considered an emerging adult‚ they will have had some very different experiences than others. Identity exploration is the time in which a young emerging adult can try new things. Just as when a person was
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