One of the most outstanding elements that define an ethnicity is their culture. The definition of culture is based on the beliefs, customs, arts and other elements of a particular society, group or place. Therefore, customs, practices, ways of being, rituals, the way of dressing and behavior standards are topics within the culture of a specific society. In many cultures, globalization and consumption are two very identical phenomena. Globalization is undoubtedly a phenomenon of our time, which has great influence in many aspects on which the various contemporary societies develop. Globalization has a great impact on cultures. During my visit to a regular supermarket store and to an international supermarket, the sociological concepts were easily very noticeable. The melting pot at an international market becomes alive with all the different ethnicities. The first difference I noticed was the congestions in the parking lot, when I visited the stores, the parking was packed. At the regular American store, it was very obvious that most of the customers were Caucasians. From the moment one enters the stores, the differences and similarities are very obvious; in this case, I felt the differences were more obvious. The neighborhoods where these supermarkets are located are very different as well. I would say that most people living in the surroundings of the regular mainstream grocery store are Caucasians or African Americans, and most people living near the international store
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Globalization has welcomed the production and dispensation of goods and services across international borders. The globalization process allows nations to have access to certain products that they would not otherwise have. However, there are consequences to this new development, one of which includes competition between local and foreign goods and producers. When foreign food is available to the market, it is often sold at a cheaper price and this normally replaces local farmers and the food they produce. Globalization has more so increased trade in cultural products and services internationally. These products and services include music, films and publications and with this revelation of cultural products from other nations, comes the undermining
One of the obvious cultural aspects that is effected by globalization is food. For example, the impact that American companies posed on other countries’ culture can be related to food, which represents on two levels. First, in many countries food itself is an integral aspect of the culture. Second, a certain society’s custom and habits can be influenced by food restaurants (The Levin Institute, n.d.). Now people could enjoy macarons, spaghetti, burritos and sushi without traveling around the world. Globalization makes everyone easily able to approach delicious food in
Samir Moussa’s story was very interesting. It is a typical example of how culture and globalization has effect on the lifestyle and destiny of people. He is born from parents who come from different countries: a Lebanese and a Colombian. Globalization has allowed him to have direct exposure to both worlds at the same time. He has the opportunity to travel to many part of the world to experience different cultures and learn different languages. He speaks fluently three international languages including English, Spanish, and French. This advantage has given him “a real appreciation for words and their meanings” and has allowed him to “draw a parallel line between most languages and religions”. But he did not pay much attention to Arabic, which is the first language of Lebanese. People discard their traditional values as they become globalize. Like some cases in my country, parents send their children to international schools where English is the main language used for
Globalization is far reaching in this day and age. Globalization is the worldwide flow of goods, services, money, people, information, and culture. It leads to a greater interdependence and mutual awareness among the people of the world (Tischler, 2011, 2007, p. 430). One non-Western culture that has been impacted by globalization is China. An example of the impact of globalization on China is their economy. Since joining the World Trade Organization, China has transformed from a culture that relied on economic self-sufficiency and shunned the thought of globalization to an economy that is progressively more open to trade and foreign investment.
The arts, food, language, and the whole culture of a developing nation are hurt when globalization occurs. Developing countries are targeted by countries such as America because they have a lower standard of living and are less regulated when it comes to work. When we infiltrate these countries, weather we mean it or not, we shake up their way of life in many different aspects and their culture they once new is destroyed.
Globalization and the global trend of culture have defined the processes in which we share and connect ourselves, others, and the world. Globalization can take on many different shapes and forms in its free flow of goods and services across national borders. As we know globalization is an integration of business and trade between different organizations. So, when there is an international interaction that can easily affect people’s cultural, environmental and social life in one way or the other that can easily create a disorder in growth and could impact the local human right in different ways. Culture is one of the many things affected by globalization through different ways of international trading processes. Nations have been tackling to preserve their indigenous cultures and mores from the influential cultures in different ways.
Globalisation is the “process of interaction and integration among people, companies and governments of different nations”. This subsequent process has led to the erosion of cultural diversity and language, whereby Western culture and ideals have extinguished other beliefs and practices, ingraining the idea that western is ‘best’ and other ways of living are immoral or unethical. This wide scale homogenisation has allowed extremist groups such as ISIS to take advantage of the impressionable or naïve, as well as encouraging hazardous global ties and bigotry within the global community.
Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture. To better understand globalization and how it can impact someone in different ways, I interviewed two people. The first person I interviewed is Jane Beamon. Jane is the General Manager of Off-Highway Business for Cummins Emission Solutions. Cummins Inc is a global power leader that designs, manufactures, distributes and services diesel and natural gas engines and engine-related component products, including filtration, after treatment, turbochargers, fuel systems, controls systems, air handling systems and electric power generation systems (2017). Cummins is also a leader when it comes to globalization and how it can play a role in the success of a company. When asked how globalization has impacted her community, Jane was very supportive of globalization. “What makes America great is the merging of different cultures and the many benefits that are a direct result of that merging." When asked to clarify, Jane stated:" the rise and popularity of cultural festivals and events yearly is confirmation that Indianapolis has embraced other cultures." When it comes to businesses that are present here, Indianapolis is a melting pot of franchises as well as locally owned ventures. Take Ikea for instance; most people are not aware that it originated in Sweden advised Jane. When it comes to affordable shopping and convenience, globalization
Cultural globalization has negative aspects because of cultural toadyism, cultural uniformity, and its political influence.
Globalization brings more negative consequences that outweighs its benefits. One area it has really affected that gives me concern is "culture". "Globalization can be defined as the interaction and integration amongst people, companies and governments of different nations. Its a process that it's aided by international trade and investment and driven by information technology" extracted from ( globalization101.org) "Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts"(published on livesience by: zimmermann, July 12, 2017). Globalization has impacted so much negatively on culture. The section of culture I believe globalization has affected most is the fashion industry, language and the character of people world wide. Nigeria where I come from is a developing country and we see globalization as an opportunity for development. This has been one of the major mediums that has earned globalization the lands of Nigeria to dominate and our culture to alter. In the early centuries in Nigeria, women used to be known for wearing clothes that fully covered their body. And any woman seen in a cloth that exposes any sensitive part of her body(shape, breast, lap) was regarded as irresponsible and in most cases, regarded as a prostitute. Young boys were also known for wearing trousers that weren't tight on them or sagging . This is no longer the case since Nigeria embraced globalization. Today all over the streets of Nigeria, indecent dressing has captured the hearts of our youths and even the elderly. Our young girls now wear mini skirts, slacked blouse that exposes their breast, and also tight trousers all in the name of "civilization". And sadly enough even some married women Have adopted this pattern of dressing. This has lead to so many divorce and rape cases in Nigeria. Now, most guys consider sagging of their pants(trousers), wearing tight/ pencil trousers and earrings as fashion. These are things that was regarded in the early centuries as signs of madness and a show of indiscipline. Globalization has also impacted negatively on our language system. Our local dialects are no longer spoken and regarded the way it was in
As some of us may know, the term “globalize” started being used in the modern times. However globalization as an idea has been brought up since even before the 1500’s when people started forming connections between communities, and therefore creating forms of communication, migration and such between these. And it is probably from these examples that in the modern era we came to call it Globalization which is known for being a process of integration between cultures, societies, economies, etc. Nonetheless,
Globalization challenges scholars who advocate a significant developmental function of the state, not so much be restraining the state 's proper responsibility. By rewarding meticulous structures, developmental states have concentrated on the central state or have probe state-society relations. Their scrutiny of relations within states provides much room for perfection, and they have only begun to value the potential assistance of local governments in promoting economic development. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, it argues about how globalization has consequences for intergovernmental relations. In particular, it focuses on examining China and India to advance our comprehension of how globalization affects economy
The term “globalization” has been used more frequently in the late 20th century, and along with it is the ongoing development of trade, urbanization and the sharing of knowledge (Wikipedia). The constant rotation of the source of goods, knowledge, new ideas and the explosion of information technology and mass media has brought cultures into contact with each other. As an inevitable consequence, globalization has created an impact on culture, causing changes in three main aspects which are traditional values, human behavior and other forms of art and entertainment.
Globalization simply defined is the intensification of global interactions. The case studies we have studied depict two of the main types of globalization. Economic Globalization, which is the production, exchange, distribution, and consumption of goods and tangible services, and Cultural Globalization, the exchange of materials and symbols that represent facts, meaning values and beliefs. When Globalization occurs it usually has a major impact on indigenous cultures. Optimists or “champions” state that the relationship between culture and globalization has positive effects as it creates a balance between nations. Conversely, critics state that relationships between the two have negative effects, leading to the loss or deterioration of a