Globalization And Its Impact On Culture And Identity

It is also a system of cultural integration and unification. Due to the speed up of information delivery - a significant tool of globalization, it is now possible to know other countries and their culture. Moreover, people are given the chance to follow the trends in other parts of the world. At present, it is very common to see Filipinos wearing Nike footwear, listening to K-Pop music, watching Hollywood movies, using MacBook Air, and eating at Starbucks. Yet, the rise of globalization might be detrimental to their cultural identity, as shown by the disappearance of some local

Though it does not come up in everyday thought, cultural identity is an idea that all humans possess. Abridged, cultural identity can be simply explained as the sharing of a similar culture by people of various ethnicities. However, cultural identity is more complex than that, defined by an individual’s values, beliefs, and ideas of moral behavior influenced by their culture. Furthermore, cultural identity is ever changing from individual to individual. This means that although two individuals may be of the same ethnicity, differences in circumstances may cause variations between the individuals’ personal beliefs. As a result of interracial interactions, multiculturalism has grown during the twenty-first century.

Our day to day lives can typically involve umpteen interactions with individuals from across the life span whose identity comprises multiple layers. Culture can often be a significant element of identity; thus practicing cultural safety, which can be viewed as an environment where individuals’ cultural identities, rights, and experiences are not challenged or denied, rather they are respected and understood (Williams, 1999), within interactions is essential. Cultural awareness, sensitivity, and competence are intertwined in cultural safety, and a principle step in developing and understanding these concepts is examining our own cultural identities and how they shape our worldviews and attitudes. In this paper, I will reflect on my own cultural

According to Arnett (2002), globalization is one of the main influences in the psychological development of the people in the 21st century. Identity becomes less reliant on social roles and more on individual choices. As a result, younger generations in Asia may ditch their native traditions, values and cultures to embrace the Western, especially American, way of life. Studies by Naito and Gielen, and Stevenson and Zusho (as cited in Arnett, 2002) shows that the Chinese and Japanese societies have adopted more individualistic values due to economic changes and increasing contact with the West.

Modernization and cultural exchange is a grand aspect of life, especially in the twenty-first century. Without international trade, immigration, and exchange of language, the world would be highly divisive. Cross-cultural experiences have led to many technological and innovative ideas. Globalization has many positive outcomes; however, there exist many adverse effects of the process. Historically, cultures have been contained within their own territories, and nationalities were condemned to people groups and immediate areas. As transportation improved and inter-dependence rose, more conflicts and domination accompanied them. Columbus in the Caribbean, Cortes in Central America, Pizarro in South America, and various European nations in Africa are all examples of people groups being conquered for their “well-being” or to bring them “civilization.” Over the course of centuries, people formed cultures based on their commonalities. In present-day, the world is faced with new problems in respect to identity. Individuals find themselves in opposite corners of the world, unable to identify with their peers or even families. Essentially, their sense of belonging is eradicated, leaving them seemingly isolated, even if they find themselves in their birthplace. In the society of today, where one lives does not equivalate to “home.”

The improvement of the technology has led to the rate at which the exchange of information take place in very high rate and with it comes a high rate of cultural exchange. Moreover, this high-speed exchange of content, the market for media based content has also broadened (DeRosa, 2013). It has now become far much easier for people in a particular region to be exposed to new cultural experiences particularly through the media of film. Besides, the improvement of the technology in mass media, the consumers have also had an added advantage in the form of increased power of choice and are no longer confined to local content. This is an eventuality that has seen people exposed to other cultures, and this has been the basis for the new norm called cultural globalization (Yong Jin, 2012). However, with every positive gain, there are usually some element of drawbacks, and the situation with the improvement of media coverage through the improvement of technology has not been in any way different. The pointing case has been in the form of the element of domination of some industries by other better-performing media industries. This is particularly the case when foreign media can deliver better content than the local media. If this is the case, an eventuality of dominance by the foreign content becomes the norm, and if the local players do not realign accordingly, people continue to consume the better content regardless of its source. This has been the situation in the

There is a Mexican man that enters with the rest of his family. They eat beans, rice, flour tortillas and etc. The family does there every day routine, the dad wakes up at six- thirty to go to work in his truck. The children go to school and the mother stays at home. The things a person does in their all has a reason which goes all back to culture. Culture is what makes up everyone different from one another. Texts such as “What is Cultural Identity?”, “Where Worlds Collide” and “Two ways to Belong” supports that depending on one’s culture it effects one perspective on the world and others.

Social status can be expressed through the value of goods that are purchased, people who are wealthy can demonstrate that they are of wealth and are of a higher class by buying lavish goods. When looking at people identifying with certain sub-cultures material items like clothes can express that they are of that group. This can present a double standard as some sub-cultures like the hippy sub-culture or the punk sub-culture belief’s lie with being non-conformist and having a high level of agency, when the truth is that they may unintentionally dress the same as other people of the same sub-culture, reducing their agency. Although we are not passive consumers we have

"The way things are", for me, I do not know what that could be. Could it be the fact that I am African American and Japanese? Could maps help to represent my cultural identity because they help me to visualize where I want to go, where my family is, and places we 've been? Music, family and friends, robotics, and travel also describe my cultural identity. What are "The way things are" for me? What is my cultural identity; are the questions I have to answer.

Culture and identity could have numerous diverse definitions due to its nature of being “a composite of multiple integrated identities” (Samovar, Porter, McDaniel & Roy, 2013, p. 216). As most would agree, culture is what makes a person who they are. The distinct relationship between identity and culture is one where they co-exist and correlate with one another. It is the assured characteristic that belongs to a person which makes them different from everyone else in the world. Like a gene, it distinctively separates one identity from the other on a personal echelon. Aptly put, in Barker (2012), “…identity is concerned with both sameness and difference…” as it is “…deemed to be both personal and social” (p. 220). A person’s culture aids in

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Due to the development of globalisation, “a global culture was seen as being formed through the economic and political domination of the United States which thrust its hegemonic culture into all parts of the world” (Featherstone, 1995, p87). As well as economic change, culture change is heavily influenced by globalisation. Culture can be generally defined as the way of life of a people, it refers to the socially learned behaviours, beliefs, and values that the member of a group or society share. (Ess and Sudweeks, 2001, p88). For example, form Starbucks to MacDonalds, American life

In his article “The Psychology of Globalization”, author Jeffrey Arnett (2002) claims that Globalization has formed identity issues, thus people develop bicultural identity or self-selected cultures and a period of emerging adulthood. However, he argues that Globalization has influenced young people in non-Western countries and makes them experience a sense of identity confusion, belonging neither to global or local culture. They cannot adapt to the changes of their local culture in response to Globalization and fail to develop a bicultural identity. Arnett states, “Globalization increases the proportion of young people in non-Western cultures who experience a state of identity confusion rather than successfully forming and identity.” (Arnett,

This historical investigation consists of my historical identity from 1917 to 2017 and will evaluate the impacts of globalization on my family’s collective identity. The study is most prominently funded upon various interviews with my family members, and as well as conclusions drawn from the internet. Due to various communication difficulties, a small proportion of this research is based on the information of other articles. Through this research, I learned some interesting information about my family history and as well as the history of China. I hope you find this passage rather helpful and your time reading it enjoyable.

Cultural identity is the basis in which identification is used to express different aspects pertaining to identity and heritage. A person's cultural identity may be created by social organization, as well as traditions and customs within their lives. The two aspects that construct my cultural identity are the frequent chores I must complete every day in order to fulfill my behavioral expectations, and the youth group I attend weekly. These aspects are important to my family and me. Therefore, my identity has an immeasurable effect on my upbringing into this multi-cultural world I live in.