Social Unit 1 Study Guide

Unit Exam: Oct 7/8

What are the 3 main types of globalization?

1. Political

2. Social

3. Economic

What is an example of political globalization?

The UN (United Nations)

What is an example of social globalization?

English being commonly spoken around the world

What is an example of economic globalization?

Outsourcing jobs to other countries, such as the BPO industry in the Philippines.

How does social/cultural globalization spread?

Through international interactions, through media, and through the physical movement of people around the world

What contributes to the universalization of pop culture?

Global media networks, TNC's, and communications devices

What is a media transnational?

A mass media corporation that produces television programs, films, music, books, and so on in two or more countries. They buy out smaller media companies called subsidaries

What are some pros and cons of media transnationals?

Pros: widely accessable services

Cons: smaller corporations cannot compete

What is media consolidation/media convergance?

The process of media transnationals taking over the smaller companies (subsidaries)

What is the CBC?

The Canadian anglophone broadcasting service

What is the CRTC and what do they do?

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is an independent public agency that regulates and supervises Canada's broadcasting and telecommunications systems.

What is Americanization?

The diffusion of American brands, values, and attitudes throughout the world

What is homogenization?

the process of a culture becoming more uniform or similar (blending into one monoculture)

What is monoculture?

A common set of cultural norms, behaviours, language, and traditions

What is accomodation?

When the majority culture makes slight changes to be more inclusive of the minority

What is acculturation?

The change in cultures due to intercultural interactions

What is assimilation?

Process of becoming part of another culture and losing your own traditional culture in the process

What is hybridization?

The blending/mixing of cultures that creates unique blended forms, rather than becoming one monoculture

What is urbanization?

The growth of cities and the growing population living in them

What is cultural revititalization?

The celebration or reclaiming of someone's cultural identity

What is cultural protectionism?

When policies or acts are put into place to protect minority cultures from being overtaken by the majority

What is the UN, and what dimension of globalization does it involve?

The UN stands for the United Nations, they are an indpendant organization made up of countries from all around the world that work together for world pecae, human rights, and fair development. It is an example of political globalization

What is NAFTA, and what dimension of globalization does it involve?

A trade agreement made between the US, Canada, and Mexico. It is a free trade zone that eliminates tarrifs and trade barriers on most goods traded between the three nations. It is an examples of economic globalization

What is the Official Languages Act?

An act that reaffirmed Canadian bilingualism

What is Bill 101

A bill meant to protect the francophones living in Quebec from the anglophone language overshadowing

What is the difference between collective identity and culture?

Collective identity is the shared togetherness of a group with certain characteristics, and culture is the broader mix of language, traditions, cultural norms, and expectations that a certain group holds.

Cosmopolitanism

Worldy, representing multiple unique views

Secularism

When governments keep religion and politics seperate