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An increase in the flow of goods , services ,people , capital across national borders in

order to create a more integrated andinterdependent world economy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization

The term globalisation is contested, ageneral definition is

Basically the World isshrinking.


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Improved transport means thatpeople and goods can be moved

around the world more quickly.Distance between places hasntchanged, but the time needed to

cover those distances has.

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Improvement in technology , suchas the internet, has meant that

capital (money) can betransferred instantly betweenlocations. People can also usetelephones and the internet to

communicate more easily in realtime .

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Improvements in technologyhave also lead to the

development of a mass media ,television, radio and internet, far off places now seem much

closer we can even see themin real time.

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These factors have lead toincreased interdependence

between places they also seemmuch closer than they did.

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http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/economics/international/presentation/globalisationmap.gif


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The earth's inhabitants will losetheir cultural diversity and one

culture will be experienced by allpeople.

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth370/gloss.html

Some commentators have suggested thatglobalisation will lead to a global culture

A global village will develop.


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The rise of globalisation has alsolead to the global company, the

multinational , these globalcompanies have had a huge impacton cultural trends across the world.

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This has lead some people not to talk of a

global culture , but a brand new world.


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World

The world the novel describes is autopia, albeit an ironic one: humanity is

carefree, healthy and technologically

advanced. Warfare and poverty havebeen eliminated and everyone is

permanently happy due togovernment-provided stimulation. Theirony is that all of these things havebeen achieved by eliminating many

things that humans consider to becentral to their identity family,culture, art, literature, science,

religion, and philosophy. It is also ahedonistic society, deriving pleasurefrom promiscuous sex and drug use,

especially the use of soma

, a powerfuldrug taken to escape pain and badmemories through hallucinatory

fantasies. Additionally, stability has beenachieved and is maintained via

deliberately engineered and rigidly

enforced social stratification.


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M cDonalds, China

M cDonalds, India


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S ome individuals believe that

globalisation is having a negativeimpact on cultural diversity , theseare called anti-globalisationists .


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http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=15449

Worried about the impact of immoral Barbie,Islamic countries have produced their own

alternatives.


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Is this new global cultureinclusive?


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Area Evidence for a globalculture

Impact on culture Reaction

Technology (T)

News Media (NM)

Leisure andEntertainment(LE)

Consumer Products(CP)

Brand New World Evidence for and Against


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It is not a global culture, but in reality American culture . Some people

have called it Cultural Imperialism . This has lead in some cases toviolent reactions.

It is not inclusive , the poorest cant afford it, despite often being theworkers, nor has the process of globalisation penetrated certainlocations. G lobal culture , people have argued, is the preserve of aneducated professional elite .

It is a censored culture . National governments have chosen to filter exposure to certain aspects of culture that they feel are unsuitable or undermine their power.

It is undermines diversity . Aspects of g lobal culture mayundermine/conflict with local/national cultures , critics argue it is the

movement to a standard identity .It undermines national economies . National producers of food, music

and culture, cant compete with large multinational companies andtheir resources.

It lacks choice . A decreasing number of multi-nationals offering

popular culture means less choice for consumers and potentially lessvalue for money.


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Culture evolves. Culture has evolved over time and theprocess of globalisation is just seen as a natural extension of this process.

Cultural fusion . It is not only America that has influencedglobal culture , Asian countries such as Japan have had a

huge influence, for example computing and gaming.People have choice. There is not international conspiracy,

consumers have a choice in the culture they consume .

Greater understanding. Increasing interconnectivenessmakes the process of conflict more difficult, we have more incommon. There have been no global conflicts in over half acentury.- Global Village- tolerance through uniformity (?).

Improved equality. Some believe that exposure to Westernculture has had a positive impact on the rights of individuals,for example the role of women in certain societies.


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