Defining globalisation

Question 1

McLuhan

Answer 1

global village, info moving at the speed of light, living in the upmost proximity.

Question 2

Friedman

Answer 2

cultural hemogenisation is happening, it is americanisation “mickey mouse ears and big macs”

Question 3

fukuyama

Answer 3

cultural hemogenisation is happening, world will be dominated by western, capitalist ideas since the fall of the soviet union.

Question 4

Fairweather and rogerson

Answer 4

cultural hemogenisation is happening, because of software (reflecting western ideas), advertising (western is ideal), anti-social behaviour (does not police morality)

Question 5

Spybey

Answer 5

cultural hemogenisation is not happening, globaliation is a chance to share practises, stems from japan

Question 6

Giddens

Answer 6

cultural hemogenisation is not happening, it benefits cultures “reverse colonialism” “latinisation”.

Question 7

Boellstroff

Answer 7

virtual communities, second life can represent how they want.

Question 8

Carter

Answer 8

virtual communities, cybercity.

Question 9

Network society

Answer 9

people who are more plugged in have more social capital, so get more rewards.

Question 10

Castells

Answer 10

network society, new informationalism, impacted sense of time as communication is instantaneous.

Question 11

Boyle

Answer 11

Media convergence, separated forms of media can now be found in one device and social media profiles are interlinked.