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Paper 3 A : Globalisation Flashcards

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What is the definition of globalisation?

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  • The global interconnectedness between people and culture around the world
    -refers to how people, ideas and cultures connect
  • Done through transport, trade and technology
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What are the three post modernist sociologists regarding globalisation

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  • Giddens
  • Duneier

-Applebaum

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Define what it means when it says a positive impact of globalisation is economic dimension?
(post modernism)

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  • globalisation led to national economies integrating into one single economy
  • made it easier for goods and services to move across borders
  • movement of jobs to lower wage countries creates new opportunities for some
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Define what it means when it says a negative impact of globalisation is economic dimension?
(post modernism)

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  • multinational companies hold lots of economic power
  • often leads to uneven effects
    some countries benefit from increase of trade
  • others experience significant global inequality
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Define what it means when it says a positive impact of globalisation is political dimension?
(post modernism)

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-globalisation has challenged the reign of nation states
- rise of global networks and spread of information has led to a more complex and multilayered political landscape
- power is distributed in some ways more equally

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Define what it means when it says a negative impact of globalisation is political dimension?
(post modernism)

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  • due to more mixed opinions, more conflict e.g trump vs harris
  • advanced technology means it’s easier to manipulate the eyes of the viewers e.g misinformation, cookies
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Define what it means when it says a positive impact of globalisation is cultural dimension?
(post modernism)

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  • globalisation has led to exchange of ideas, values across different societies
  • platforms like tv, social media, movies, internet has played a big role in spreading western culture and consumerism
  • culture has become more embraced than shamed
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Define what it means when it says a negative impact of globalisation is cultural dimension?
(post modernism)

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  • concerns about cultural homogenisation
  • cultures start to behave the same way
  • ## e.g mcdonaldisation
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What does Boellstorff say about globalisation
(POSTMODERNISM)

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-Coming of age in second life
- study that explores virtual world
- users use second life to create avatar to interact in the digital world
KEY FINDINGS:
- found app allowed people to form meaningful social connections and communities
- relationships mirrored those in the physical world
- users experimented with identity

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What does Carter say about globalisation?
(POSTMODERNISM)

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  • conducted fieldwork on app called cybercity
  • concluded that people using app invest as much effort in keeping relationships than in other social spaces
  • friendships on app are a complex interaction between trust,intimacy and disclosure
  • Distance no longer extinguishes friendships due to technology
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What does Baudrillard say globalisation has negative effects?

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  • Hyper reality
  • media concentrated society has meant reality and media have become blurred
  • Hr describes the inability to distinguish reality from simulation
    -e.g fake news , AI
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What do Marxists believe?

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-Globalisation is a stage in developing capitalism
- facilitates the spread of capitalism
-results in the unequal distribution of wealth

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What do neo-marxists believe?

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-They believe globalisation is a form of neo-imperialism
-Exploitation of developing nations by wealthier countries
-this creates dependency as poorer nations become dependent on global capitalism for survival

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Global class structure( Marxism)

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  • Globalisation creates a class divide between the bourgeoisie and proletariats
  • worsens inequality between classes
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Contradictions of Globalisation (Marxism)

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  • expands market but deepens crisis (financial)
  • can lead to both integration and division
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Giddens (1990 )

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  • Describes globalisation as a complex process which affects social, political and economic factors.
    -Discusses interconnectedness, risk
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Carter (2005)
hint: cybercity

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-Conducted research into how people interact and form relationshups online
- argued that cybercity created space where people could connect and belong in some ways more meaningful than real life bonds

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Boellstorff (2008)
Hint: Second Life

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-In favour of globalisation
- examines how people construct and experiment with their identities e.g gender, race, sexuality
-argues that virtual worlds are meaningul space as they reflect real world values

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Castells (2000)
Marxist

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Discussses ‘networked society’
- argues that power is less about who owns physical assets but who owns knowledge
- aligns with marxist view of means of production HOWEVER means of production are informational instead of industrial
- This may lead to digital divide (those who don’t have access)

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Boyle (2005)

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Discusses ‘digitalisation’ and ‘media convergence’
- Digitalisation is the process of converting traditional media (text, images,sound) into digital formats
-Digitalisation has allowed for media to be easily manipulated

-Media convergence is the blending of previously sseperate media, e.g tv, radio

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Cornford and Robins (1999)

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Haraway

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  • Uses the concept of Cyborg as a way for gender equality
  • ## Instead of society judging based on gender etc it will be more inclusive
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Cochrane (2013)

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  • Discusses Technology and the Fourth wave of feminism
  • Fourth wave came about through its distinguished use of digital technology to promote feminist ideas
  • Technology can easily be used for activism, to challenge misogyny and for intersectionality
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dworkin

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radical feminist
percentage of sexual violence increased

25
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objectification

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women increasingly becoming seen as objects rather than human

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social control

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way in which women’s behaviour is policed or shamed if not correct

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commodification

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more ways which children and women are sexually trafficked

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trivialisation

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reflects the extent sexual imagery of women is normalised

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Nakamura

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emphasises on new digital spaces and technology to fight activism and give a platform to speak

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what is conflict

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political and global struggles and disagreements

31
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what is change?

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the social transition of shift it can be both positive or negative

32
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which marxist sociologists argue (the digital world is a conservative force because it maintains capitalism?

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Castells: Networked Society
- Fuchs: Surveillance of the masses
- Fuchs: Exploitation of labourers
- Cornford and Robins: Ideological Control

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which feminists argue (the digital world is a conservative force because it maintains patriarchy)

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  • Commodification
  • Objectification (Dworkin)
  • Social control (revenge pornography and trolling) - Trivialisation (Incels)
34
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which feminists argue (the digital world is a conservative force because it maintains patriarchy)

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  • Commodification
  • Objectification (Dworkin)
  • Social control (revenge pornography and trolling) - Trivialisation (Incels)
35
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Economic dimension?

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Globalisation= integration of national economies into a single global economy

36
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Uneven effect of economic dimension?

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The movement of jobs to lower-wage countries (outsourcing) has effects on both developing and developed nations,

-creating new opportunities for some while contributing to economic instability in others.

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political dimension?

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Politically, globalisation has challenged the sovereignty of nation-states.

  • Global governance structures, such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, have become important in managing global issues.
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Cultural Dimension?

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  • Culturally, globalisation has helped the exchange of ideas, values, and practices across different societies, leading to both the spread of a global culture
39
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What is cultural homogenisation?

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describes the idea that all of society is becoming the same and adapting western ideas
E.g MCDONALDISATION (Ritzer)

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What is cultural imperialism?

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Marxists would describe this as the imposition of western cultural values e.g consumerism on non-western cultures

41
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What is cultural imperialism?

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Marxists would describe this as the imposition of western cultural values e.g consumerism on non-western cultures

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Examples of cultural homogenisation:

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  • Mcdonaldisation (Ritzer)
  • Cambridge Analytica
  • Dominance of the English language

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