Globalization Lecture Notes Flashcards

A set of Q&A flashcards covering key globalization concepts, Appadurai's scapes, related theories, and mentions of homogenization vs heterogeneity.

What is globalization?

Process of expanding sociocultural and socio-ecological processes from national to international and transcultural levels.

Name the five Appadurai scapes and their basic meanings.

Ethnoscape (global movement of people); Mediascape (flow of culture); Technoscape (circulation of mechanical goods and software); Financescape (global circulation of money); Ideoscape (realm where political ideas move).

What is Ethnoscape?

Global movement of people.

What is Mediascape?

Flow of culture.

What is Technoscape?

Circulation of mechanical goods and software.

What is Financescape?

Global circulation of money.

What is Ideoscape?

Realm where political ideas move around.

What does GCI stand for in globalization notes?

Global Connected Index.

What is Cultural Imperialism?

A concept that a given culture influences other cultures.

What is Media Imperialism?

Refers to the global flow of media imposed on developing countries by the West; based on over-concentration of mass media from larger nations.

What is Neoliberalism?

This theory sees competition as the defining characteristic of human relations.

What is McDonaldization?

The process by which Western societies are dominated by the principles of fast-food restaurants; a form of rationalization of production, work, and consumption associated with late 20th-century global changes (George Ritzer).

What does Homogeneity mean in globalization notes?

Increasing sameness in the world as cultural input, economic factors, and political orientations expand to create common practices, same economies, and similar forms of government.

What does Heterogeneity mean in globalization notes?

Creation of various cultural practices, new economies, and political groups because of the interaction of elements from different societies around the world.