Globalisation

Globalisation is the interchange of worldviews, ideas, and other parts of culture. Many factors can give rise to globalisation including: advances in the technology for transport, the rise of the Internet and other telecommunication infrastructure and even big companies. Globalisation includes many processes; the main ones being: economy, culture and technological processes.

Firstly, I think that a big aspect of globalisation is the changes in the world economy. This started in in the 1970’s when the capitalist companies were had to expand internationally, therefore making smaller companies bankrupt. An example of this is Starbucks. Starbucks has been forced to become an international company and to keep up with all the demand, have been exploiting many workers and making countries that are really poor, even poorer. Also, Starbucks have dominated over other coffee shops, therefore decreasing the demand for them. These show that without globalisation this would not have been the case as Starbucks would have been a national company and would not dominate all over the world

Another aspect of Globalisation is the fall of culture. What this means is that Globalisation gives rise to the loss of culture as many countries as getting more connected, therefore adapting their way of living. Counties that have fallen into this trap are sometimes referred to as “Globalised”. Examples of factors that cause this are advertising, large businesses, advances in transportation technology, social networking, the Internet, the media and many other aspects that influence globalisation. These affect the loss of culture as countries and cultures can understand and view other cultures that are developed therefore losing their own culture. This shows that without globalisation, the world would not be as linked together therefore they would not adapt each other cultures.

The final important factor of globalisation is technological processes/advancements. This is because as our technology increases, it makes it much easier for the interaction of other countries to occur and the interchange of worldviews. An example of this is the technology of transport. Aeroplanes, helicopters and trains are some examples of this rapidly changing area of technology. Planes getting faster and safer allow travelling to different places simple. This shows that with these machines, we can live in a completely new way and adapt developed countries culture.

All of these reasons strongly contribute to Globalisation. Although globalisation is packed with bad consequences, it also contains useful ones. For example, without globalisation, we wouldn’t know as much as we do today and learning about many things (for example another language) would become more of a struggle. Globalisation has made a big impact on the world and the further it goes, everywhere around the world will be the same (except for the developing countries that will be driven through the ground in their economy).

Globalization

Problems

1. Countries and people are losing their culture (some have lost it nearly completely).

2.  Developing countries are being taken advantage of (polluting corporations take advantage of the weak developing countries).

3. Poverty is increasing – developed countries affecting developing countries.

Questions

1. What type of culture is globalization seriously affecting and how is it getting affected.

2. How do the big companies really affect the small companies because of globalization.

3. What is creating globalization and how has it caused this.

Definition: Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture. Globalization describes the interplay across cultures of macro-social forces. These forces include religion, politics, and economics. Globalization can erode and universalize the characteristics of a local group. Advances in transportation and telecommunications infrastructure, including the rise of the Internet, are major factors in globalization, generating further interdependence of economic and cultural activities.

Answers

1.     Globalization affects culture because when people of different cultures and from different places come together and share what they have, they get to know each other. They bring back what they have learned and it enters into society and culture. For example: if a female student from a society that does not let women do much comes to New Zealand as an exchange student, she might learn about how our society works. Then she may might go back home and decide to start working for women's rights. In the long run her visit could effect her entire culture.

2.     Large small companies are getting affected because of globalization. This is because globalization means that companies get worldwide and rule over every small country. Without globalization, there wouldn’t be ruling companies that create globalization because they won’t be world-wide and dominating.

3.     One way that Globalisation is increasing is because of increasing technology. This is because transport is getting easier and faster. Planes these days can fly us all over the world and therefore more travelling to different countries is easy. Also electric communication technology (phones and the internet) is creating this. This is because communicating is getting really easy and now people can communicate through countries and places really easily. Finally, another reason for globalization are big companies. If we take McDonalds as an example, this company is basically the top selling fast food restaurant in the whole world.