We all are sad and constant users and abusers of globalisation.
It didn’t really hit me that I am a major dependent of globalisation and media
forms until I started studying media. I too realised just before I started
writing this, when I was doing my research that I have been dependent on
globalisation for a period way too long. I always, when in public, get so
annoyed at the people around me because I don’t see their faces. They’re too
caught up in their latest gadgets with their eyes glued onto them. But I got
thinking about it, and realized that I can’t judge them because I do exactly
the same as them. My head is constantly glued to my phone or computer. I am a
sad dependent on technology that connects me to my peers in a globalisation
situation. I have friends who live overseas, they’re from Italy, I rely on
Facebook and my phone to keep contact with them. What I’m getting at is that, “globalization encourages productivity and product
diversity.” So I take back my opening sentence to instead say, globalisation
has inevitably benefited the many communities around the globe by giving us the
opportunity to connect and form our many diverse cultures and traditions to
create a better flowing global community.
“The integration of rich and poor nations is not a
zero-sum game where the gains of one come at the expense of the other. Driven
by the rapid democratization of information, technology, and finance,
globalization is turning out to be a remarkably progressive, liberating force.”
DOUGLAS S. NOONAN
References:
http://www.free-eco.org/insights/articles/the-benefits-of-globalization.html
I think your post is really well written, however a little too personal maybe. You make some good points when saying how much one can be almost dependent on technology, though this a rather personal statement. Overall, I think your text is very well written and has an entertaining factor to it. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThe concluding paragraph (quote by Douglas Noonan) reinforces the contention of the author that we are all driven by the everyday forces of globalisation. Some points are well made - this blog is informative, however possibly a little too personal with some individual statements that may not be entirely necessary to get the debate across to the reader. There was an adequate use of references and definitions to thus be an informative well written piece. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great post. I like that you have linked your own experience to the topic and also scholarly sources. While you touch on our ever growing interdependence with new media, i think the post could be improved by taken the negative effects of globalisation a little further. Perhaps through some concluding analysis of the Noonan definition you have used. Well Done!
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