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).
