Unit 1

Question 1

Globalization

Answer 1

The interconnectedness of the world.

Question 2

Economic globalization

Answer 2

The process of expanding world trade networks.

Question 3

What is a TNC

Answer 3

Trans national corporation, which operates in many different countries around the world.

Question 4

Outsourcing

Answer 4

A practice that involves hiring people in different parts of the world to lower costs.

Question 5

Social globalization

Answer 5

The process of which people’s lifestyles spread over global networks, the global access of popular culture.

Question 6

What is media concentration

Answer 6

Media owned by a few large corporations, ex. Meta, which owns Facebook and instagram.

Question 7

What is media convergence

Answer 7

Technology integrating different forms of media.

Question 8

Political globalization

Answer 8

Political decisions and actions are becoming increasingly international.

Question 9

What are the forces of globalization?

Answer 9

Trade, transportation, communication technology, media.

Question 10

Trade

Answer 10

People will trade to obtain goods that are not available in their own region.

Question 11

Transportation

Answer 11

Moving things quickly and cheap, with technological innovations in transport, larger amounts of goods can be moved around the globe fast.

Question 12

Communication technology

Answer 12

The internet becoming widely available, accelerated international business and commerce.

Question 13

Media

Answer 13

Technology enabling us to access social media, tv, and news around the world.

Question 14

Linguistic identity

Answer 14

The collective identity of people who speak the same language

Question 15

Cultural revitalization

Answer 15

The process of affirming and promoting people’s individual and collective cultural identity.

Question 16

Bill 101

Answer 16

Quebec passed this bill in 1977 to preserve French culture/language.

Question 17

What is CRTC

Answer 17

Canadian Radio TV and Telecommunications Commissions

Question 18

What is CanCon

Answer 18

Canadian content

Question 19

Homogenization

Answer 19

Cultures that become alike in terms of values, attitudes, beliefs, customs, language, and tradition.

Question 20

Acculturation

Answer 20

Cultural changes that occur when two cultures accommodate or adapt to each other’s worldview.

Question 21

Accommodation

Answer 21

Accepting and creating space for one another, providing equal opportunity for participation of different groups in society.

Question 22

Assimilation

Answer 22

Cultural identity of the minority group disappears as its members take on a different culture.

Question 23

Marginalization

Answer 23

When a group of people or culture are valued less in society (racism).

Question 24

The digital divide

Answer 24

The gap that separates people who have and do not have access to up to date technology.

Question 25

Hybridization

Answer 25

The combination of different cultures and creation of new cultural products that enable people to connect in new ways.