Negative Effects Of Cultural Globalization

The authors of “Assembling Social Space” argue that everyone, no matter where they live, is locally and globally connected to people who do not necessarily live near them through media and technology. Wiley states that we are all globally connected, but live in a local way (Wiley, 2015). Living in a technology-driven society, we are able to stay connected with people and have access to resources from all around the globe. The thesis is that as individuals, we are all locally connected within our environment and ultimately globally connected due to the interconnection of these two types of societies. This is important within the field of communication because it explains how individuals are able to be locally and globally connected with people from all over the world.

Globalization, by definition, is, “the development of closer economic, cultural, and political relations among all the countries of the world as a result of travel and communication becoming easy” (untenable). Reading that might give the impression that everyone agrees and supports it, but that is not the case. Some people have expressed their thoughts as “‘globalization means Americanization’” (Friedman 575), which Americanization means to become an American or take in the customs and traditions of the U.S. Others are more optimistic towards globalization believing that it is both empowering and disempowering. Globalization, unlike the past, now has overwhelmingly positive and negative inclinations on the modern world.

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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

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

Supporters of globalization argue that it has the potential to make this world a better place to live in and solve some of the deep-seated problems like unemployment and poverty. But the opponents general complaint about globalization is that it has made the rich richer while making the non-rich poorer. “It is wonderful for managers, owners and investors, but hell on workers and nature.”

Cultural globalization is a term often used to describe the influence of one national culture on another. This is perhaps more prevalent in the United States than anywhere else in the world. Although America is often viewed as the villain with regard to globalization, it is clear by the diversity of cultural groups in America, that this nation is also the recipient of global culture. With such a diverse cultural population it’s foreseeable to think there will be differences of opinion when it comes to discussion cultural importance. For every society believes it is their culture that sets them apart and makes them unique. Differences in cultural beliefs often leads to the “Us vs Them”

The world in today, a concept of ‘global village’, that mean in the earth are no nation or group have suggested by Samovar & Porter (1991). Something happen in a part of world and the other part of the world will know immediately, such as in 14th November, 2015, ISIS have been attack Paris and over 140 people get kill by terrorists, and in the next hour whole the world news are putting this on steam, also some of the country change the color of their main building to blue, white and red and produce the message of support Paris. From the transport make us go to anywhere easily, world become smaller and smaller, we can be more easily to communication with someone who are from other country or have different culture background. Even technology is good for communication, Castells (1996) have pointed out internet appear changed the whole world of mobile communication, to create a new form of migration of “network society, which change the people relationship and living in long distance, and there are two forces were reshaped the social life in the world, the virtual online society and mobile communication technology are affecting the development of the way of human communication. But in somewhere you never been, also in some moment is hard to communication with someone who did not have same language or they even do not want to help you, face to face communication can be more easy to know emotion of the people to know what they feel even you cannot communication through the

The acceleration of globalization has raised issues culture conformity and diversity throughout the world. These topics are argued drastically throughout the world. Apparently, issues relate to cultures will not simply defined by right or wrong because each coins have two sides and every culture have their own advantages and drawbacks. True, many people may claim that globalization has made this world smaller and the distinctions between nations or cultures are disappearing. But personally, I hold positive opinions about the cultural developments nowadays.

What is a culture and why are there so many definitions of a culture? Does it matter? Is it rapidly changing? An how does globalization impact a culture? During my research I have found many definitions of a culture, but the most admired one that was mentioned by Martin Gannon in his book of Paradoxes of Culture and Globalization. He indicates that a culture is defined by two famous anthropologists, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn, who have studied more than 100 definitions of culture in 1952. They have stated that "Culture consists of patterns, explicit and implicit, of and for behavior acquired and transmitted by symbols, constituting the distinctive achievements of human groups, including their embodiments in artifacts; the essential core of culture consists of traditional ideas and especially their attached values; culture systems may, on the one hand, be considered as products of action, and on the other as conditioning elements of further action." (qtd. in Gannon 19).

It is said that technology is turning our world into a global village, and this is true to some extent but even now if we move from one city to another, one can feel the difference in language, culture, life style and many more.

Globalization continues to grow at a rapid rate forcing more interaction between countries, with so much involvement in a global market skepticism is bound to rise. The concept of vulnerability is expressed through the causative effects of globalization as multidimensional disasters whether environmental, cultural, technological, economical, political, ideological, etc. The focused attention on the relationships given in a social situation constitutes the rationality of the behavior. Based on everything learned throughout the quarter, I concluded that one of the primary contributors to the vulnerability in a globalized world was due to social domination in the economic market. What I mean when I say this is that social domination was the empowering affects of large corporations. This continues to grow as an issue because the drastic effects on other countries involved. Geographically these industries begin to populate other territories in other vulnerable countries in order to operate. With this comes the many issues of environmental harm, exploiting natural resources and exhausting, heavy cultural/ideological influence on other demographics. From two different perspectives that can negatively affect these smaller countries. Once operations begin infrastructures will need to be capable of operations; following expected commerce which demands importing and exportation that requires modes of transportation such as airports or sea ports. This can and will become problematic for

“…When people get close together, they get more and more savage, impatient with each together….The global village is a place of very arduous interfaces and very abrasive situations.”(McLuhan, 1977 Interview) A significant part of the appeal of revolutions in communications technology is the attending belief they will bring together people who are separated by physical distance. During a 1977 interview on TV Ontario’s The Education of Mike McManus, the host asked McLuhan: “Way back in the early fifties, you predicted that the world was becoming a global village. We’d have global consciousness. And I’m wondering now, do you think its happening?” McManus pushes McLuhan to clarify his points. Which is when McLuhan states, “…Tribal people, one of their main kinds of sport is butchering each other.”“Global Village” is a term that characterizes the new world of the electronic age. Many perceive the “Global Village” as a positive leap into the future on an international scale. Of course this concept of the global village has brought upon several positive changes in our world including one of the biggest forms of change, unity. It is quite a miracle to be able to remove distance through electronic networks, and be able to create personal linkages between anyone in the world.

According to the famous economist and philosopher Adam Smith, Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the Americas in the search of spice was one of the most important events that led to the ‘globalization big bang’ (O’Rourke & Williamson, 2000). The discovery led to a more interacted and integrated world through trade, cultural infusion, colonization, and the exchange of ideas and goods not only in the 1400s but also in the world today. Globalization played a huge role in forming the world today. It demonstrated its power through both positive and negative impacts on the society, culture, economy, politics, environment, and lastly, religion. The success of the transnational corporation, Google, was one of many evidences that revealed the influence of globalization. Ever since Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, it grew exponentially over the last 19 years. Today, Google employed more than 60,000 workers in 50 different nations and influenced the lives of billions of people across the globe. The company launched hundreds of products from Google Search and Chrome to Google Home (Google, n.d.). So, how does Google relate to globalization? As a transnational corporation, Google demonstrated the importance and positive and negative influence of globalization through labor, global governance, and trade.

Across the world, globalization is one of the most significant aspects that has occurred over the last fifty years. It allows a country to integrate economically with other countries through a global network comprised of people, trade, and transportation. With the global landscape only becoming more intertwined, globalization and its inherent pros and cons seem to be here to stay. In many areas, global powers tend to lack in rectifying the negative aspects and only focus on the positive side. America, for example, is a leader in the globalization efforts, even though it has greatly effected job opportunities at home, widening income gaps, and an increased standard of living due to fluctuating world markets.