Internet Spread & the Uniformity of Cultures

Finally, globalization has given way to human development through culture integration, information sharing, and competition between countries. As people disperse from their native countries they take with them their culture and ideologies. At the same time technology is rapidly advancing, allowing information to be instantaneously shared across the globe. These events culminate in the diversification of society. As opposed to living with one view of the world people can now choose from any number of beliefs or views and find others that share them.

At the moment, the whole world is being swept by globalization at a speed that is both immense and inescapable. The present scenario can be associated with that water glass which is considered as half-empty by the pessimist and is viewed as half-full by an optimist. The Internet has empowered cultural globalization tremendously. It has initiated an environment that is globally borderless. If the impact of internet on cultural globalization is judged, one would crystal-clearly observe that it has made nations realize their potentials and strength. Its usage has created new and additional wealth worldwide by eliminating cultural differences ("Creating Wealth in a" 2006, p. NA).

With easily accessible hi-speed internet connections that grant communication between people thousands of miles away in milliseconds, it is hard to imagine that this essential commodity, the net, is a recently developed technology – that not too long ago, people were not able to easily communicate with loved ones across the globe. As a result, the internet is often credited as the spark that ignites the beginnings of globalization – a modern phenomenon arising from the integration of multiple cultures. However, in Vermeer’s Hat, published in 2007 and written by Timothy Brook, Brook offers a different opinion. He believes the rise of globalization began from an era, centuries before the online web and argues that the roots of humanity’s

Since its introduction on a public scale in the 1990s, the internet has been associated with many changes in social experience. Many aspects of social life such as education, work, commerce and even personal relationships have changed through the internet. However, researchers have found that, at least in the early years, access to the internet is shaped according to gender, class, ethnicity and education. During the 1990s the typical information technology user was a white, male, professional with a background in IT. This bias in internet access was named the ‘digital divide’ to point out the implied social inequalities. It was said that the internet was

The age of technology is at reach almost everywhere in the world. The world is considered as a “Global Village” wherein the flawless movement of toil, people and data has become a commonplace. It has been internationalized that communication between countries had become a prerequisite. By this, being able to understand its traditions and culture plays a vital role due to its diverse worldviews and often dissimilarity of values. “The ability to prevent potential conflicts and foster productive, cooperative relations will depend largely on effective intercultural relations”. (Communication between cultures, eight edition p. 4 2013)

Internet has brought a change in the way people connect with one another. Although the effects are witnessed by all generations in general, yet the young generation is impacted by the Internet the most. There is also variation in the extent to which children belonging to different areas are affected by the Internet since the use of the Internet is generally more common in the urban areas as compared to the rural areas.

The technological revolution of the late twentieth century has arguably caused some of the greatest changes in the global society. Few realize the full effects of the computer age. The Internet in particular has brought the corners of the world closer together. Even in the most remote areas of the globe, such as Katmandu, one can see an advertisement for e-mail (Stefik 235). One might begin to wonder what the social consequences of this pervasiveness are. The Internet brings many diverse groups of people together to participate in many aspects of life from trade to conversations. Some might wonder if these interactions might lead to an end of diversity. In

We know we are living in a global age. Technology has brought the world much closer together. This means that people of different cultures find themselves working together and communicating more and more.

The internet is a prime example of a technology that is adding to the human condition. It provides information, and the spread of this information is amazingly rapid. Online communities and forums are breeding grounds for new ideas. Up until this period in history, social relationships have been strictly defined by geographical limitations. As found by social psychologist Leon Festinger, best known

The mass media plays a fundamental role in amplifying globalization. A platform has been created through ever-growing and rapid access to the internet. We can all access the web with an internet connection making it ever easier for individuals to exchange cultures and multiple flows of information worldwide.

The usage of media in non-Western countries has been spreading as technology and social media have become the focus for most teenagers and young adults. Contrary to the assumption that western countries are the only nations that have a population obsessed with media, statistics have shown that other developing countries are experiencing a significant increase in advanced technology usage such as smartphones and internet usage. For example, non-western countries dominate the list for the top five countries with the most internet users. “Social Media Marketing in Foreign Countries and Languages” states that “the top five countries with the highest proportion of internet users are China with

Today 's reality is always developing; our reality has molded into what some would allude to as a global society. A "global society" is inherent advanced times and the vast majority generally has an incredible arrangement in a similar manner as one another. A long time back, our reality was not thusly; now numerous individuals have numerous social encounters in like manner. We are all associated with patterns, online networking, and amusement. Individuals from everywhere throughout the world can now impart and system to individuals from every diverse foundation, mentalities, societies, religions, and different contrasts that would have isolated us years prior.

[W]hile the processes of globalization, which have been facilitated by the rapid development of information and communication technologies, afford unprecedented conditions for enhanced interaction between cultures, they also represent a challenge for cultural diversity.

When it comes to globalisation, the developments in information and communication technology is undoubtedly the most important contribution that creates many changes in society, it can be regarded as a fundamental reason which accelerates the growth of globalisation. In other words, the world is certainly much more interlinked than ever. Particularly, the great advancement of the Internet, which plays a pivotal role in connecting and empowering people to access information on a wide range of topics without being limited by geography. Some people acknowledge that Internet is the main force behind a huge cultural diversity, however, I believe it to be a mirage, similar to the effects of crowd behaviour (individuals in a group act similarly, by influencing each other), the majority of the people could end up visiting the same websites, reading the same news, listening to the same music, and so on. It can be argued that everyone maintaining the same behavior patterns might only lead to homogenization. In this paper, the essay will explore how Internet is homogenizing the culture, creating a global mass culture. Also, this essay will reveal examples in the usage of the internet and demonstrate how community manages to absorb multicultures unconsciously through different methods.

Nowadays, from Americas to Europe, and from Asia to Africa, people are wearing blue jeans, watching MTV, using Apple products, eating burger and sushi. This is a picture of the globalization bringing the world closer through the exchange of goods and services, information, knowledge and cultures. Over the last few decades, the pace of this global integration has become much faster and more dramatic because of major advances in communication, information processing, and transportation technology, including the explosive emergence of the World Wide Web.