4. Does globalisation imply cultural homogenisation? Your answer should consider specific local and global media examples and should include reference to the Appadurai and McChesney article in the course reader. Globalization plays an important role on the world and society today. Furthermore globalization is very arguable that it will induced cultural homogenization. Globalization can be simply defined by the process of cross culture between nation and nation or the process of international integration
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controlling it‚ we are destroying the world with pollution‚ and we are turning into the opposite of what our ancestors wanted us to be. America has changed in good ways and bad ways‚ people have gotten smarter and built things to keep us all going. But some things are killing us at the same time. Technology is changing us‚ killing us with factories and littering. The people a 1000 years ago would be disappointed with how the human race is now. Technology is not just destroying America but it
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Argument 1: Globalisation or ‘Gobble-isation’ - Globalization: to extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide. - Eg. Africa‚ a third world country due to anti-globalization - Evident that globalization is inevitable‚ thus we cope with it to survive - The meaning‚ extend to other parts of the globe‚ means competition with other countries - Run by the bigger companies and influential people in the world‚ we as common people cannot make a known difference.
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Globalisation‚ Causes and Consequences: The 21st century is the world of globalisation where people living in Australia have the Laptop made in China‚ Food produced in India and the dresses made in France. According to Oden (2001) globalisation has accelerated in the rapid pace in the last two decades. The new dynamic of the political‚ economic‚ financial‚ social and cultural forces of globalisation has been brought by the scientific and technical information revolution. It has also increase the
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Definition of globalisation This is the integration of economies‚ industries‚ markets‚ cultures and policy-making around the world. [1] Globalisation describes a process by which national and regional economies‚ societies‚ and cultures have become integrated through the global network of trade‚ communication‚ immigration and transportation. In the more recent past‚ globalisation was often primarily focused on the economic side of the world‚ such as trade‚ foreign direct investment and international
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Globalisation a11d Nike GLOBALISATION Globalisation is the growing relations of international markets and it involves the economic activity in the production of goods and services among countries. It involves aspects such as growth and productivity‚ employment and skills wages and unequal distribution in wages both internationally as within a country. Hence‚ the belief that globalisation leads to growth is present all over both the works of Friedman and Norberg‚ but can be illustrated by a quote
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The Impact of Globalisation Globalisation is the growth of a business/country by expanding around the world. Globalisation affects everyone in a broader sense; however when discussing globalisation it is usually in regard to either developed countries (which are countries with a highly developed economy‚ have a high amount of GDP per capita‚ have advanced technological infrastructure and a high HDI.) or developing/third-world countries (which are countries with a lower living standard‚ underdeveloped
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Main reasons that have caused globalisation 1. Improved transport‚ making global travel easier. For example‚ there has been a rapid growth in air-travel‚ enabling greater movement of people and goods across the globe. 2. Containerisation. From 1970‚ there was a rapid adoption of the steel transport container. This reduced the costs of inter-modal transport making trade cheaper and more efficient. 3. Improved technology which makes it easier to communicate and share information around the world.
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Development and Globalisation Development A process of social and economic advancement in terms of the quality of human life. Development can involve can involve economic‚ demographic‚ social political and cultural changes. Development is a term that can be used in many different contexts whether it is social‚ economical‚ political etc. However generally development refers to an improvement in certain areas: • Economic o An increase in the country’s economy with
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Globalisation in Ecuador Introduction Globalisation is “the process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally‚ largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications". In other words. It is the process of increasing the connectivity of the world’s markets and businesses. In the last two decades this process has had a huge impact around the world. For example‚ as technology advances make it easier for people around the word to travel‚ communicate and do businesses
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