globalisation Flashcards
what are the 4 main factors contributing to globalisation?
1.cultural
2.economic
3.information technology
4.political change
how do information technologies contribute to globalisation?
1.increased information flow
2.time space compression-people feel closer to each other
3.news
4.cosmopolitanism
how do cultural factors lead to globalisation?
1.global sporting events
2.music,film and celebrity culture
3.global consumption patterns(online shopping)
4.international migration
5.global risk consciousness-covid,global warming
who said that the global economy is increasingly weightless?
Quah
products are much more likely to be information based/ electronic, such as computer software, films and music or information services rather than actual tangible, physical goods such as food, clothing or cars.
how is manufacturing globalised ?
Manufacturing is increasingly globalised as there are more worldwide networks extending from the raw material to the final consumer. The least profitable aspects of production – actually making physical products, tend to be done in poorer, peripheral countries, whereas the more profitable aspects, related to branding and marketing, tend to be done in the richer, developed, core countries.
what are TNCs ?
trans national corporations
companies that produce goods in more than one country, and they are oriented to global markets and global products
definition of globalisation
the process by which the world is becoming more interconnected.
what is the digital revolution?
the massive and rapid advances in technology which have transformed people’s lives. Internationally recognised programming systems so it is possible for information to be shared all round the world.
What 2 new forms of digital communication (new media) fall into?
1.an extention or development of existing forms of media such as newspapers.
2.new forms of platforms
What is the idea of the global village?
Time and distance shrink and the world becomes a much smaller place.
What is Carter’s Cyber City?
2005 Cyber City was a virtual community which she visited at least once a day.She conducted observations and questionnaires and offline semi-structured interviews.
She suggested that people are investing as much time into relationships in the cyberspace as they were in other social spaces.
People who meet online continue online relationships offline.
The cyber space is becoming embedded within out everyday life.
Networked global society
the idea that in the post industrial society,the focus is on information as a result of new forms of communication.
