Negative Effects Of Globalization

When it comes to globalization, everyone may have a different vision of it’s outcome. For Marcelo Gleiser, the author of “Globalization: Two visions of the Future of Humanity”, a completely globalized world may result in a dystopia. In contrast, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, the author of “A Mickey Mouse Approach to Globalization” and Tanveer Ali, the creator of “The Subway Falafel Sandwich and the Americanization of Ethnic Food” may think of globalization as other cultures sharing each other’s components to interact on a new level and spurring a more “open-minded” (Ali 27) individual.

Contemporary globalization is an exceptionally multifaceted phenomenon and can be defined as "an intensification of cross-national cultural, economic, political, social and technological interactions that lead to the establishment of transnational structures and the global integration of cultural, economic, environmental, political and social processes on global, supranational, national, regional and local levels" (Huynen, Martens & Hilderink, 2005). The very nature of the American society has experienced insightful and compound changes due to globalization that has brought with it both new opportunities and risks. Similarly, the impacts of globalization

The world we live in today is going through enormous changes in economics, technology, culture, politics, etc. The effects of the changes are not so clear, since it is hard to predict how each sector would affect the other and how society will be affected. However, analyzing past and present occurrences provides some information for experts to interpret society’s reaction in the future to different transformations. Globalization can be seen as a process in which societies around the world come together and expand through the combination of different forces. This paper will explore the effects of globalization on US companies, US society and economy, and the implications for other countries in the post-industrial world.

Cultural imperialism can be an issue and worsen people’s perception on how they view other cultures they aren’t familiar with. Internet and the entertainment industry are big contributes for serving

Globalization, defined as “a process that aims to expand business operations on a worldwide level, and was precipitated by the facilitation of global communications due to technological advancements, and socioeconomic, political and environmental developments” has been around for ages. However, it is a force that is becoming increasing more relevant in today’s world. In layman’s terms, globalism is the merging or “melting” of individual perspectives and markets into a more global market. As of recently, society has been obsessed with studying globalization. However, the conversation is rarely economical. Globalization is typically looked at as a social or cultural force that is shaping and connecting the world. This is scene in clothing styles, human travel, and popular culture that has become increasingly similar across nations. That sentiment isn’t wrong-globalization does have a cultural side, but many people are missing the economic impacts that this new world is facing. In fact, the economic implications of globalization and how governments legislate to control them leads to significant opportunity, but also huge threat globally.

In this Issue, the two authors are concerned with what happens when one cultures spreads at a much faster rate and dominates other cultures. Both use the spread of American culture as their main example, citing American movies being watched worldwide and the popularity of the English language. The following summarized articles debate whether these cultural changes are positive or negative. Julia Galeota’s article is first, which contends that globalization and, more specifically, American globalization is negative and amounts to cultural imperialism. Galeota is convinced that America’s cultural imperialism is forcing other cultures to go extinct.

This will lead to the mass media homogeneity that will dissolve cultural differences. Cultural imperialism started right after decolonization when political or military control of another country could not be practiced. Psychological forms of control began to be used and were facilitated through the rapid integration of global telecommunications systems. They pushed American culture that promoted the ideas of consumption and instant gratification that would spread global capitalism and increase profits. The cultural imperialism argument has several strengths as well as weaknesses. It’s main strength is based on the idea that mass media from larger nations negatively affects the smaller nations because the national identity of smaller nations is lessened or lost due to media homogeneity inherent in mass media from the larger countries. Sometimes local interpreters keep some cultural diversification by transforming the imported media to meet local demand. The media is still influenced by the core but is also still unique and successful. Examples of this include the success of Korean pop music and Bollywood cinema in their respective “geolinguistic region.” The media imperialism theory fails to fully understand the internal historical and social dynamics within periphery countries. The West may have implanted the model of television consumerism, but the West is not required to sustain it and today many US programs lead the world in their transportability across cultural boundaries but are rarely the most popular when viewers have reasonable local options. (L&B p340-342)(Peripheral Vision) The social construction of reality theory attempts to explain how and why individuals view the world in a certain way and what role the media plays in shaping that view. It suggests that the media actually

A critique of this argument was made by John Tomlinson where he notes that discussions of cultural domination often locate the media as central to cultural imperialism (Tomlinson, 1991, p.29). It seems that when we reach a higher level of Globalization the enemy of the difference is the transnational system itself (Jameson, 1998, p.74). This all come to the fact that Hollywood films playing in European cinemas or in television makes a clear distinction between media products (films, television, radio, books...) and culture (repertoire of a national meaning). In this particular aspect Tomlinson notes that:

The rise of global consumer tastes and global consumption is on the rise. Global mass markets are expanding along side film producers can also reach audiences in distinct market segments

Globalization is the practice of more and more countries and people around the world trading internationally. Businesses, investors, and countries begin to expand their opportunities so that they can buy and sell to markets all over the world. With globalization comes greater risks, changes in people’s attitudes, and more problems to address. The world’s political economy is the study of how consumers interact with one another in business. Many people don’t understand the process of globalization and the interaction that comes with political economy. Globalization is causing people to repeat the same mistake. Globalization and political economy tend to destroy local culture and replace it with global business. The three South Park episodes

Globalization continues to be present in and influence every aspect of our lives. We now we cannot stop it, but we have not caught up to it yet. America has become complacent in their status and ability. After so long of being on top, suddenly we are not. Times have changed and the country no longer enjoys the edge it once had. We must innovate once again and invest in our future. The United States has not kept pace in the face of globalization and must get back on track to remain a leader in the trade, financial and scientific world.

In “Globaloney 2.0: The Crash of 2008 and the Future of Globalization,” Michael Veseth tells many stories to make the point that for globalization to be successful, people need to stop believing the globaloney that surrounds it. He presents three types of globaloney: Financial Globaloney, Golden Arches Globaloney, and Grassroots Globaloney. Golden Arches Globaloney, which refers to the perception that globalization is the same as Americanization and it removes the world’s differences, is the one that seems the most misguided to me (Veseth, 2010). I believe that for globalization to become synonymous with Americanization, America needs to be more accepting of other countries/cultures and implement some of their characteristics, and vice versa. Dambisa

Everywhere one seems to go nowadays, large international corporations—markedly American ones—seem to be located just about everywhere; Walmart and its subsidiaries have locations from Chile to India (Walmart) and McDonald’s is located in 119 (Segar) of the United Nation’s 193 member states (United). Films produced in Hollywood dominate the world’s movie screens, and American music can be heard in just about every corner of the globe. With all of their cultural imperialism, the big, bad Americans must be stamping out harmless cultures that have thrived for hundreds of years and now have no option but to either surrender to the malevolent, unyielding onslaught of American markets or take measures into their own hands and pass legislation to protect

Foreign countries development a twisted methodology on American culture and connect it with a the lack of moral values. Furthermore, American pop culture also wrongly portrays the lifestyles, traditions, and values of other countries, especially non white cultures. A final argument as to why American pop culture is significantly negative is because it deteriorates the cultures of other countries. Foreign countries begin to lose their traditions because American culture is taking over. American pop culture represented in movies, T.V., news, and music continues to create difficult ties between the U.S. and other countries. Insults are created on both sides through American pop culture that offends many and drives away the peace that connects America with the rest of the

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.