Being as I am in my fourth year of a Bachelor of
Arts/Commerce degree with politics and economics majors, Globalisation is one
word that keeps coming up in my studies… but what does it mean?
Globalisation, in my view, is a word that doesn’t
come with a quick and easy definition which is why I like Hatchen and Scotton’s
(2002, p. 3) attempt at defining globalisation as “a broad and inexact term for
a wide array of world-wide changes in politics, economics, trade, finance,
lifestyles and cultures”. Globalisation
transcends borders, languages and cultures and allows for citizens to connect
to each other from around the world.
The Benefits of Globalisation affects each and every
one of us in Australia on a daily basis.
We have access movies, television shows and music from all around the
world on a daily basis, although personally I’d happily give the US back Justin
Bieber and the T.V show ‘Two and a half Men’.
Globalisation also has more serious downsides
then the proliferation of Justin Biebers music. Economic inequalities have led
to anti-globalisation movements such as the recent Occupy movement where
protests that began in New York and quickly swept the world with groups of
people Occupying cities as far spread as Australia and Mongolia.
References:
Hatchen, WA &
Scotton, JF 2002, ‘News communication for a new global system’, The world news
prism: global media in an era of terrorism, 6th edn, Iowa
State Press, Ames, pp3-14
Congratulations on a great blog which uses entertaining personal insights to get readers on side making itself instantly endearing. I like the way you use your degree to position yourself within the piece and explain your particular views on globalisation. Your use of real life examples (Justin Bieber etc) adds a level of depth to your blog and compliments the theory you’ve used nicely. Well done on a good job and keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteAt first, I saw the title to this post (“Globalization”) and thought, boring.. Then I read the post. And really liked it. You seem to share my view that globalization does not come with a quick and easy definition. Also, I like how you cover both the advantages and the disadvantages of globalization, as well as making use of examples. However, embedding images or relevant links into the post would have improved it.
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