Since it began in the seventeenth century, globalization has influenced culture, and reciprocally, culture has influenced globalization. Globalization is defined as the process of growing interconnections between people and places in political, economic, and cultural terms. This theme is demonstrated by the homogenization of current emerging global culture, media, the globalization of languages, and the recent views of environmental development.
Many experts studying globalization have noticed a trend in globalization over the past few centuries. They noticed that culture has become more homogenized, in the sense that people around the world have become more similar. Manfred Steger (2003), in his work Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, …show more content…
The electronic media and communication sector, which ranges from telecommunication networks and the Internet, through to radio, television and film, is itself active in the current drive for the globalization of production, markets, and trade. It acts as a powerful agent in the transformation of social, political, and cultural structures. New forms of technology today can send out information in just a couple of seconds, which is how many people find out about current events instantaneously when they are on the other side of the world. Technology has never been advanced as it is today, and without it, the media wouldn’t be as successful in producing news and other facts in today’s societies …show more content…
It is common for the average person to speak more than one language in today’s society, especially in European and Asian countries. Because so many countries have pushed for their citizens to learn a second language, the homogenized cultural forces have become much stronger.
Another point about languages and their relationship to cultural globalization is that migration patterns affect the spread of languages. When people migrate from one country to another, they not only bring their native language with them, but they also bring their traditions and other aspects of their culture.
Many countries today heavily push for bilingual citizens, participating in the foreign language and learning aspect of cultural globalization. For example, many countries in Europe and Asia speak English as their second language and encourage their education systems to enforce English studies on their students. Before the twentieth century, it wasn’t as common for students to begin learning a second language at a young age, but today, it is seen as a social norm to teach young students to speak another
Many experts studying globalization have noticed a trend in globalization over the past few centuries. They noticed that culture has become more homogenized, in the sense that people around the world have become more similar. Manfred Steger (2003), in his work Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, …show more content…
The electronic media and communication sector, which ranges from telecommunication networks and the Internet, through to radio, television and film, is itself active in the current drive for the globalization of production, markets, and trade. It acts as a powerful agent in the transformation of social, political, and cultural structures. New forms of technology today can send out information in just a couple of seconds, which is how many people find out about current events instantaneously when they are on the other side of the world. Technology has never been advanced as it is today, and without it, the media wouldn’t be as successful in producing news and other facts in today’s societies …show more content…
It is common for the average person to speak more than one language in today’s society, especially in European and Asian countries. Because so many countries have pushed for their citizens to learn a second language, the homogenized cultural forces have become much stronger.
Another point about languages and their relationship to cultural globalization is that migration patterns affect the spread of languages. When people migrate from one country to another, they not only bring their native language with them, but they also bring their traditions and other aspects of their culture.
Many countries today heavily push for bilingual citizens, participating in the foreign language and learning aspect of cultural globalization. For example, many countries in Europe and Asia speak English as their second language and encourage their education systems to enforce English studies on their students. Before the twentieth century, it wasn’t as common for students to begin learning a second language at a young age, but today, it is seen as a social norm to teach young students to speak another