Globalization
process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments
expand business operations on a worldwide level
every nation interacts with each
complex phenomenon
Political scientist
Serves a challenge to nation-states. (rampant in political propaganda)
Economist
Means increase of free trade, speed of trade, global economic organization, and regional trade blocs
Culture and communication experts
Refers to the concept of a global village
Intensification
Refers to the expansion, stretching, and acceleration of these networks
Time and Space
globalization processes do not occur merely at an objective, material level, but they also involve the subjective plan of human consciousness.
Schottle (1995)
Globalization stands for quite a large spread
Arjun Appadurai
proposed that the different kinds of globalization occur on multiple and intersecting dimensions of integration as “scapes”.
“scapes”
multiple and intersecting dimensions of integration
Ethnoscape
global movement of people
Mediascape
flow of culture
Technoscape
circulation of mechanical goods/software
Financescape
global circulation of money
ideoscape
realm where political views move around
Globalism
widespread belief among powerful people that the global integration of economic markets is beneficial for everyone, since it spreads freedom and democracy across the world
Global Village
Through globalization, the world has become a borderless world.
McLuhan (1964)
believes that media has connected the world
Cultural Imperialism
Conviction that there is a “better” culture. Some cultures see other cultures as superior to theirs, forming inferior or non-dominant cultures.
Economic Imperialism
one nation assumes economic power or influence over the others
soft power
unknowingly being invaded by other cultures
Manfred Steger
“the expansion and intensification of social relations and consciousness across world-time and across world-space”
Expansion
Both the creation of new social networks and the multiplication of existing connections that cut across traditional political, economic, cultural, and geographic boundaries.