Globalization

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Globalization

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The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.

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Glocalization

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a term referring to the adaptation of global ideas into locally palatable form

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Syncretism

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the combination of different beliefs, even those that are seemingly contradictory, into a new, harmonious whole

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Agency

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People make decisions regarding whether or not they want to adopt a new product or idea that has been made available to them via globalization

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Colonialism

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the political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended period of time; most often associated with European expansion beginning in the 15th c.

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Disadvantages of Globalization

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Affects public health through the spread of endemic/epidemic disease Ex. Ebola, Zika, AIDS
Can function to heighten prejudice
The media and social media have been used as a platform for hate-mongering

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Advantages of Globalization

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Will possibly help decrease the rate of poverty and unemployment in several countries. Access to a variety of products from several nations will be easier for people to acquire. Different cultures means learning different customs, traditions, languages

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5 “scapes” or flows

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ethnos capes, techno scapes, finance scapes, media scapes and ideo scapes.

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Ethnoscape

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the flow of people across boundaries. Includes migrants, refugees, and tourists

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Technoscape

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: the flow of technology As the pace of technological innovation increases, so does the flow of technology

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Ideoscapes

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the flow of ideas May be small scale (social media) or large scale (colonialism; missionaries)

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Financescape

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the flow of money across political borders The pace of the global transfer of money has only accelerated and today transactions in the networks like the New York Stock Exchange have nearly immediate effects on economies around the world

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Mediascapes

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the flow of media across borders. From the telegraph to the telephone, and now the Internet (and myriad other digital communication technologies), media are far more easily and rapidly shared regardless of geographic borders.