Globalization challenges some of our most fundamental distinctions about politics and social life—distinctions between local and global, proximity and distance, domestic and foreign, national and international BACS191135
Globalization continues to make the shrink the world into a smaller space connected by the internet. It continues to eliminate distance, intellectual and physical space, mobility, and cultures.
The benefits are endless access to opportunities across the globe. The negatives are intrusion, disruption, diffusion, distraction, hybridization and dwarfing of indigenous industries, cultures and ways of life.
It continues to produce effects, both negative and positive.
The internet (the digital divide) is the caste system of the 21st century. It classifies people into categories and by extension, their levels of access to opportunities. From the introduction of the computer, through to today's super technologies, the digital divide continues to eliminate those who cannot cope with it whilst making those who can speak its language the beneficiaries.
The digital divide, is the new separator of society. It will continue to eliminate and discriminate in terms of opportunities in the areas of health, education, employment, religion and social participation.
The fact that heterogenisation is a mixture of cultures still don't make the societies or citizens the same globally. For instance in politics, culture and economics and by the virtue that we practice democracy by appointing and electing our national and regional house of chiefs, societies still instool and installing chiefs traditionally. Economically with the use of modern farm implements, societies uses the traditional implements like cutlass and hoe. BACS 191153
Research has shown that globalization's negative effects are making the richer more richer and the poor more poorer. The News Economics Foundation has released a data to show that the global economy, run by the western politics and bankers are always acting as a banking hoovers. It's a fact that these hoovers are rather sucking more wealth and resources from these poorer nations and placing them in the hands of the richer nations. From 1980-2002, Africa's experts fell from around 6% to 1.5%, causing Africa to attract about only 6% of the total FDI inflows to developing countries. Moreover, from the period of 2000-2004, the average African unskilled worker earned 55cents daily whereas, while the average white collar worker brings home at least $120, per week..
IS GLOBALIZATION REALLY GLOBAL OR ONLY A RESPECTER OF CERTAIN NATIONS AND CONTINENTS?
The digital divide is not a man-made phenomenon to bring about class differences as some people erroneuosly suppose but was/is and rather caused by the following:lack of access, poverty,just to mention a few. BACS 19963
Kofi Annan once said that," challenging globalisation is like challenging the natural laws of gravity. But on the other hand, looking at globalisation in the contemporary world it is same as colonisation or imperialism where it benefits the self acclaimed developed nations. This has resulted in huge financial gains on their part while the advert promoted image of other countries see developing nations suffer or bear the grunts. Media globalisation is the weapon used to promote Africa and other countries who are classified as developing in a negative light.
BACS 19786 Even though I am yet to fully digest the accompanying attached document, it is interesting to know that issues of globalization is not a one nation problem but needs the collective effort of all.
BACS19881,Edwina Ocansey The evolution and development of media and communication has enormously affected time,place and space. Even though globalisation has impacted most developing countries negatively, it's force has benefited nations like Ghana politically, socially and economically. BACS 19881.
Lack of education in the area of digitalization perpetuates the old held view that globalization contributes to the exploitation of the less developed societies.
BACS 19989:Globalization has really made the world a global village.The literature of homogenization and heterogenization hold due to the fact that we have the sea with us since the creation of the world,but through heterogenization some nationals from different location has broken through borders and come to Ghana to share their idea of desanination. By this, they proccess the sea water into a portable drinking water for the benefit of Teshie and Nungua communities.
It must be noted that People are different, and there is much to learn from our differences. Because there are so many human possibilities worth exploring, we neither expect nor desire that every person or every society should converge on a single mode of life. Whatever our obligations are to others (or theirs to us) they often have the right to go their own way.
An attempt to create a "global citizen" must be carefully thought of due to the diverse nature of individuals, States and Cultures.For there are two categories of people - those who deny the legitimacy of universality and those who deny the legitimacy of difference.
On Cosmopolitanism.... Cosmopolitanism has two faces -Culture and Politics and the balance between these two cluster of ideas is the antidote to the creation of a global citizen. While some people are less rooted in their culture,others are complexly rooted while some others are totally rootless. Creating "citizens of the world" which I think Cosmopolitanism is all about is to be able to identify the diverse nature of these individuals and make sure that they leave positive marks on one another,eschewing hate, greed, terrorism, racism, Islamophobia among others - and make this planet a better one for us all.
Globalization has put us on the alert. That is,keeping us on our toes as far as time is concerned. It's very clear that the essence of time has influenced our activities.Thereby making us keep to time bounds. For example in setting objectives, we cannot do without time. BACS 191125
It appears that there is a strong push and incentive towards cultural homogenization or sameness in our current culture and one disadvantage of homogenisation that comes to mind is losing some aspects of each individual culture. For instance, dying languages, the loss of music, dances, recipes, or clothing styles native to a certain region. BACS 19980
BACS 1970 GLOBALISATION reveals that we are facing multifaceted phenomenon containing economic, social, political, cultural n legal dimensions, all interlinking complex fashion leading to the global Village through technology.
BACS19989:Indeed Time,Place and Space are inevitably inseparable in the world of mass media.With technology,a message can get people at different places at the same time.
BACS 19989: Indeed through homogenization,people who cherish their culture so much would have their culture erased gradually.This can also cause challenges in other parts of the world due to infiltration of other cultures.
BACS19005 If majority of people in the West still see their culture as superior, how effective is homogenization in bridging the gap of differences between cultures.
I think through Globalization, some may copy or practice other cultures but not completely. The culture may be practiced but not to completely replace their own culture with the copied one
To answer the question as to whether globalization has made the world the same or different, I will say yes to some point and no on the other hand. Yes in the sense that since the evolution of globalization, many countries and people have had the opportunity to share and spread their cultures, policies, economical ideas and beliefs all over the world which has in turn made the world seem like one whole place thereby making us the same. On the other hand globalization has again given some countries, cultures among others the superiority over others making them appear to be the best while others are not because of how less they have embraced it and this makes us appear to be different.
Time, place and space are inevitable on the world mass media. Due to globalization information reaches to people in different part of the world at the same time. Bacs19855
Globalization has come to change and modify our style of living. Be it social, political, economic, cultural and even ideology. With time, globalization has been the most important thing in this world. It has offers a variety of different types of people in the world. With technology, globalization has made work easier and faster. Information delivery to one another is also fast.
Africa has always been the dumping grounds for the West. Even though we learn during our lecture that Globalisation does not really lead to the eradication of cultures, we cant deny that it some of aspects of our cultures are being bastardized for profit a perfect example can be seen in movies.
Is no doubt, the tremendous opportunities and developments that globalisation brings to countries. In the form of politics, economic, technology, services, entertainment, fashion, media and many other areas. However, some countries have become “parasitic” in nature, only on the receiving side of globalisation and not contributing much to other countries. Bacs 19955
Is no doubt, the tremendous opportunities and developments that globalisation brings to countries. In the form of politics, economic, technology, services, entertainment, fashion, media and many other areas. However, some countries have become “parasitic” in nature, only on the receiving side of globalisation and not contributing much to other countries. BACS19955 Genoviva Augustt
Media and communication transform place and space, not only by connecting places with each other and shortening the distance between them but by creating new spaces within and outside places where former rules and norms do not necessarily hold. This was really an interesting lecture sir. #BACS191062
The introduction of modern technologies have indeed contributed immensely to how cultural diversity cuts across. Homogenity of culture cannot be achieved as long as some generation of media theorists are focused on globalization as proliferation of diversity.Harvey and Giddens' view on time and space as well as the media creates more emphasis of how technology advancements have introduced more room for people to have access to their identity at any day,anytime.Time and space will continue to shrink and make the world a smaller globe as long as globalization is concerned. BACS19203
There is no way cultures can be homogenious. The reason being that Africans' culture are different from that of the West. In terms of family settings, the African believes in collectivism whilst the Whites accepts individualism. So there is no way cultures can be homogenious. BACS19011
Culture is dynamic, and it’s bound to change or be influenced some way some how , as a result of globalization most Farican cultures have been influenced especially in urban areas .I think the issue is that the whites have been able to brainwash most Africans to perceive everything that concerns them as special and superior . But I believe changes are not entirely bad but if they have a negative impact then it becomes problematic BACS 19796
BACS19257 I think globalization is making the world the same. With the language, media content we consume, with our food and our lifestyle clearly depict that the world is loosing the rich diversity of cultures. And all this changes is helping one part of the world to develop to the detriment of another part of the world.
Globalisation has developed standardisation for the world culturally, economically, and politically. However it is neither making the world same nor different as diverse people with their cultures come together as a result of industrialisation making it hard to give them a single cultural identity as bonded as they may look or with some common cultural identity of a kind. Therefore, globalisation is rather making the world same differently as a result of diversity in doing the same thing worldwide.
Time and distance have been compressed to the extent that now i can be in my house and do online shopping with someone at America.Globalization has shorten stress that business men and women go through. BACS 19957 FELIX ASSABIL
The studying of globalization as a course serves as an eye opener and has helped some of us to know what's going on within and outside world. Thanks for the information. BACS191236
I used to think,if homogenization unites the world and makes its different points such as cultural, economic or political, alike, then it's understandable that homogenisation is a characteristic of Globalization. This assumption is mostly made based on the fact that homogenisation causes gradual erasure of differences. However, globalisation does not erase or delete differences as we are taught in our basic schools. BACS19774
Even though globalization has an infinite potential for our development, we can never be the same. Our culture will just be hybridized. Is the same things we are doing in the different way.
Globalization has its negative and positive impact on society. The positiveness should be enhanced more because as Africans we can't be like the western world. Thank you sir.
Globalisation has homogenized culture and that is relatively not bad most importantly if it has no negative effect on people/nation. Moreover culture is dynamic. BACS19504
After the watching the end of poverty video. It is clear that the assumption that says growth tied to industrialization is really pushing poor countries to the creation of slums and unemployment in the rural area. .... BACS19246
With regards to heterogenisation and homogenisation, I believe the two arguments are all true to an extent but we are experiencing more homogenisation because we have the spread of cultural goods usually coming from a single source (Western world) which dominates instead of the sources being multiple. Moves like the adoption of pidgin English by the BBC is a step in the right direction in promoting heterogeneity
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Thanks so much,well appreciated.
BACS 19449
Globalization challenges some of our most fundamental distinctions about politics and social life—distinctions between local and global, proximity and distance, domestic and foreign, national and international
BACS191135
Globalization continues to make the shrink the world into a smaller space connected by the internet. It continues to eliminate distance, intellectual and physical space, mobility, and cultures.
The benefits are endless access to opportunities across the globe. The negatives are intrusion, disruption, diffusion, distraction, hybridization and dwarfing of indigenous industries, cultures and ways of life.
It continues to produce effects, both negative and positive.
BACS19758
The internet (the digital divide) is the caste system of the 21st century. It classifies people into categories and by extension, their levels of access to opportunities. From the introduction of the computer, through to today's super technologies, the digital divide continues to eliminate those who cannot cope with it whilst making those who can speak its language the beneficiaries.
The digital divide, is the new separator of society. It will continue to eliminate and discriminate in terms of opportunities in the areas of health, education, employment, religion and social participation.
It is gradually becoming the 'new normal'.
BACS19758
The introduction of media and communication technologies has been able to affect time and space positively
BACS191059
The fact that heterogenisation is a mixture of cultures still don't make the societies or citizens the same globally. For instance in politics, culture and economics and by the virtue that we practice democracy by appointing and electing our national and regional house of chiefs, societies still instool and installing chiefs traditionally. Economically with the use of modern farm implements, societies uses the traditional implements like cutlass and hoe.
BACS 191153
Research has shown that globalization's negative effects are making the richer more richer and the poor more poorer.
The News Economics Foundation has released a data to show that the global economy, run by the western politics and bankers are always acting as a banking hoovers.
It's a fact that these hoovers are rather sucking more wealth and resources from these poorer nations and placing them in the hands of the richer nations.
From 1980-2002, Africa's experts fell from around 6% to 1.5%, causing Africa to attract about only 6% of the total FDI inflows to developing countries. Moreover, from the period of 2000-2004, the average African unskilled worker earned 55cents daily whereas, while the average white collar worker brings home at least $120, per week..
IS GLOBALIZATION REALLY GLOBAL OR ONLY A RESPECTER OF CERTAIN NATIONS AND CONTINENTS?
BACS 19463
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The digital divide is not a man-made phenomenon to bring about class differences as some people erroneuosly suppose but was/is and rather caused by the following:lack of access, poverty,just to mention a few. BACS 19963
Thanks so much. Really helpful.
BACS191100
Time,place and space here are all part of the process of uniting the world which is globalization. Thank you sir.
BACS19840
Kofi Annan once said that," challenging globalisation is like challenging the natural laws of gravity. But on the other hand, looking at globalisation in the contemporary world it is same as colonisation or imperialism where it benefits the self acclaimed developed nations. This has resulted in huge financial gains on their part while the advert promoted image of other countries see developing nations suffer or bear the grunts. Media globalisation is the weapon used to promote Africa and other countries who are classified as developing in a negative light.
BACS 19786
Even though I am yet to fully digest the accompanying attached document, it is interesting to know that issues of globalization is not a one nation problem but needs the collective effort of all.
BACS19881,Edwina Ocansey
The evolution and development of media and communication has enormously affected time,place and space.
Even though globalisation has impacted most developing countries negatively, it's force has benefited nations like Ghana politically, socially and economically.
BACS 19881.
Lack of education in the area of digitalization perpetuates the old held view that globalization contributes to the exploitation of the less developed societies.
BACS191130
BACS 19989:Globalization has really made the world a global village.The literature of homogenization and heterogenization hold due to the fact that we have the sea with us since the creation of the world,but through heterogenization some nationals from different location has broken through borders and come to Ghana to share their idea of desanination. By this, they proccess the sea water into a portable drinking water for the benefit of Teshie and Nungua communities.
BACS 19801
On Cosmopolitanism...
It must be noted that People are different, and there is much to learn from our differences. Because there are so many human possibilities worth exploring, we neither expect nor desire that every person or every society should converge on a single mode of life. Whatever our obligations are to others (or theirs to us) they often have the right to go their own way.
An attempt to create a "global citizen" must be carefully thought of due to the diverse nature of individuals, States and Cultures.For there are two categories of people -
those who deny the legitimacy of universality and those who deny the legitimacy of difference.
BACS 19801
On Cosmopolitanism....
Cosmopolitanism has two faces -Culture and Politics and the balance between these two cluster of ideas is the antidote to the creation of a global citizen. While some people are less rooted in their culture,others are complexly rooted while some others are totally rootless. Creating "citizens of the world" which I think Cosmopolitanism is all about is to be able to identify the diverse nature of these individuals and make sure that they leave positive marks on one another,eschewing hate, greed, terrorism, racism, Islamophobia among others - and make this planet a better one for us all.
Globalization, culture, cosmopolitanism and technology all together, are interdependent perspectives that will take decades to debate on.
BACS 19990
Globalization has put us on the alert. That is,keeping us on our toes as far as time is concerned. It's very clear that the essence of time has influenced our activities.Thereby making us keep to time bounds. For example in setting objectives, we cannot do without time.
BACS 191125
It appears that there is a strong push and incentive towards cultural homogenization or sameness in our current culture and one disadvantage of homogenisation that comes to mind is losing some aspects of each individual culture. For instance, dying languages, the loss of music, dances, recipes, or clothing styles native to a certain region.
BACS 19980
BACS19766
Thanks so much for the reading materials.
BACS 1970
GLOBALISATION reveals that we are facing multifaceted phenomenon containing economic, social, political, cultural n legal dimensions, all interlinking complex fashion leading to the global Village through technology.
Thank you. BACS19340
BACS19989:Indeed Time,Place and Space are inevitably inseparable in the world of mass media.With technology,a message can get people at different places at the same time.
BACS 19989: Indeed through homogenization,people who cherish their culture so much would have their culture erased gradually.This can also cause challenges in other parts of the world due to infiltration of other cultures.
Globalisation has really made distinct differences in this technological space of era. Which has made people innovative in thier businesses.
BACS191206
Thanks for the reading materials. BACS19944.
BACS19005
If majority of people in the West still see their culture as superior, how effective is homogenization in bridging the gap of differences between cultures.
What role has government have to play to ensure local products or services are also out there in other countries
Bacs191120
I think through Globalization, some may copy or practice other cultures but not completely. The culture may be practiced but not to completely replace their own culture with the copied one
Bacs191243
To answer the question as to whether globalization has made the world the same or different, I will say yes to some point and no on the other hand. Yes in the sense that since the evolution of globalization, many countries and people have had the opportunity to share and spread their cultures, policies, economical ideas and beliefs all over the world which has in turn made the world seem like one whole place thereby making us the same. On the other hand globalization has again given some countries, cultures among others the superiority over others making them appear to be the best while others are not because of how less they have embraced it and this makes us appear to be different.
BACS191185
Sharing cultural products doesn't make us culturally the same.
We still have unique cultures
Sharing cultural products doesn't make us culturally the same.
We still have unique cultures.
BACS19891
Time, place and space are inevitable on the world mass media. Due to globalization information reaches to people in different part of the world at the same time.
Bacs19855
BACS19530
Globalization has come to change and modify our style of living. Be it social, political, economic, cultural and even ideology. With time, globalization has been the most important thing in this world. It has offers a variety of different types of people in the world. With technology, globalization has made work easier and faster. Information delivery to one another is also fast.
Africa has always been the dumping grounds for the West. Even though we learn during our lecture that Globalisation does not really lead to the eradication of cultures, we cant deny that it some of aspects of our cultures are being bastardized for profit a perfect example can be seen in movies.
Studying globalization in level 400 has been an eye opener.Globalization has homogenized cultures and it is still is.
BACS19406
Is no doubt, the tremendous opportunities and developments that globalisation brings to countries. In the form of politics, economic, technology, services, entertainment, fashion, media and many other areas.
However, some countries have become “parasitic” in nature, only on the receiving side of globalisation and not contributing much to other countries.
Bacs 19955
Is no doubt, the tremendous opportunities and developments that globalisation brings to countries. In the form of politics, economic, technology, services, entertainment, fashion, media and many other areas.
However, some countries have become “parasitic” in nature, only on the receiving side of globalisation and not contributing much to other countries.
BACS19955 Genoviva Augustt
Globalization brings to light some of the most fundamental differences between politics and social cultural lifestyle.
#BACS 19573
Media and communication transform place and space, not only by connecting places with each other and shortening the distance between them but by creating new spaces within and outside places where former rules and norms do not necessarily hold.
This was really an interesting lecture sir.
#BACS191062
The introduction of modern technologies have indeed contributed immensely to how cultural diversity cuts across. Homogenity of culture cannot be achieved as long as some generation of media theorists are focused on globalization as proliferation of diversity.Harvey and Giddens' view on time and space as well as the media creates more emphasis of how technology advancements have introduced more room for people to have access to their identity at any day,anytime.Time and space will continue to shrink and make the world a smaller globe as long as globalization is concerned.
BACS19203
There is no way cultures can be homogenious. The reason being that Africans' culture are different from that of the West. In terms of family settings, the African believes in collectivism whilst the Whites accepts individualism. So there is no way cultures can be homogenious.
BACS19011
Culture is dynamic, and it’s bound to change or be influenced some way some how , as a result of globalization most Farican cultures have been influenced especially in urban areas .I think the issue is that the whites have been able to brainwash most Africans to perceive everything that concerns them as special and superior .
But I believe changes are not entirely bad but if they have a negative impact then it becomes problematic
BACS 19796
BACS19257
I think globalization is making the world the same. With the language, media content we consume, with our food and our lifestyle clearly depict that the world is loosing the rich diversity of cultures. And all this changes is helping one part of the world to develop to the detriment of another part of the world.
Globalisation has developed standardisation for the world culturally, economically, and politically. However it is neither making the world same nor different as diverse people with their cultures come together as a result of industrialisation making it hard to give them a single cultural identity as bonded as they may look or with some common cultural identity of a kind.
Therefore, globalisation is rather making the world same differently as a result of diversity in doing the same thing worldwide.
BACS19707
Even thou certain things unites us as a people ,how its carried varies from country to country.
BACS191138
Time and distance have been compressed to the extent that now i can be in my house and do online shopping with someone at America.Globalization has shorten stress that business men and women go through. BACS 19957 FELIX ASSABIL
The studying of globalization as a course serves as an eye opener and has helped some of us to know what's going on within and outside world. Thanks for the information.
BACS191236
I used to think,if homogenization unites the world and makes its different points such as cultural, economic or political, alike, then it's understandable that homogenisation is a characteristic of Globalization.
This assumption is mostly made based on the fact that homogenisation causes gradual erasure of differences. However, globalisation does not erase or delete differences as we are taught in our basic schools.
BACS19774
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Even though globalization has an infinite potential for our development, we can never be the same. Our culture will just be hybridized. Is the same things we are doing in the different way.
Akwaku Rejoice Mamle - BACS 19930
Africa, precisely Ghana is being impoverished all in the name of globalization with the help of some self-centered leaders. May God help us.
JENNIFER NARTEY - BACS 191053
BACs 19807. Very insightful, Thanks for sharing
Globalization has its negative and positive impact on society. The positiveness should be enhanced more because as Africans we can't be like the western world.
Thank you sir.
Nana Komeh Abboah-Offei
BACS 19894
Globalisation if properly embraced by Africans, we will make an impact.
Bacs19918
Globalisation has homogenized culture and that is relatively not bad most importantly if it has no negative effect on people/nation. Moreover culture is dynamic.
BACS19504
This information is very helpful !
BACS 19938
Globalization is an eye opener
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Globalisation has not only helped us but has shaped us as individuals.
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well said Sir
Bacs191290
Been educative and understanding
BACS191211
After the watching the end of poverty video. It is clear that the assumption that says growth tied to industrialization is really pushing poor countries to the creation of slums and unemployment in the rural area. .... BACS19246
With regards to heterogenisation and homogenisation, I believe the two arguments are all true to an extent but we are experiencing more homogenisation because we have the spread of cultural goods usually coming from a single source (Western world) which dominates instead of the sources being multiple.
Moves like the adoption of pidgin English by the BBC is a step in the right direction in promoting heterogeneity
Bacs19298
Globalization is a relatively recent phenomenon intimately related to modernity and modernization, as well as to postmodernity and postmodernization.
BACS 19653
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