Jack Lule’s Globalization and Media: Global Village of Babel, addresses the importance media have in understanding globalization. He argues that without media, there is no globalization. Globalization allows us to interact and communicate with people, companies and different nations. Lule asserts, “Globalization is made possible by the work of the imagination” (Lule, 51). Our imagination of the world often makes us oblivious to other issues going on in the world. Today, without the media, globalization could not have occurred. Globalization has made the world seem smaller, and with the media, has given us the ability to form connections with the global village. Due to globalization, the media provides us with images from around the world
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Marshall’s idea stated that globalization will connect the world and that the media will bring about closeness and collective harmony. McLuhan believed that globalization will bring peace to the world. However, globalization does not always create the image of a perfect world. Although McLuhan believed of a global village living in peace, the imaginary of this happening is unrealistic. Historian Lewis Mumford, was aware that relying on global imaginary to unite the world was far fetched. Lule notes that Mumford was aware of the downsides of globalization. He states, “…Globalization and media are combining to create the dark, dystopian world that Mumford dreaded”(Lule, 53). Although globalization allows us to feel connected as a community, there are times when the media forces us to feel responsible when tragedies …show more content…
This image, of a three year old boy washed ashore on a tourist beach, helped shatter the imaginary provided by globalization. This picture shocked the world and shattered the conception that the world is a global utopia. The story of Aylan is far from living in a utopia. The Kurdi family was desperately trying to flee their home in Syrian after their home was struck by an air strike for the second time. Syrian migrants, like the Kurdi family showed society that families were willing to risk their lives, as well as their family’s, for a better life. Society’s imaginary of the world is shattered when images of three year old Aylan washed ashore are seen. This photo of Aylan highlights the dramatic European refugee crisis. His death, among many other refugees, has portrayed their struggle in seeking asylum from their war torn
Marshall’s idea stated that globalization will connect the world and that the media will bring about closeness and collective harmony. McLuhan believed that globalization will bring peace to the world. However, globalization does not always create the image of a perfect world. Although McLuhan believed of a global village living in peace, the imaginary of this happening is unrealistic. Historian Lewis Mumford, was aware that relying on global imaginary to unite the world was far fetched. Lule notes that Mumford was aware of the downsides of globalization. He states, “…Globalization and media are combining to create the dark, dystopian world that Mumford dreaded”(Lule, 53). Although globalization allows us to feel connected as a community, there are times when the media forces us to feel responsible when tragedies …show more content…
This image, of a three year old boy washed ashore on a tourist beach, helped shatter the imaginary provided by globalization. This picture shocked the world and shattered the conception that the world is a global utopia. The story of Aylan is far from living in a utopia. The Kurdi family was desperately trying to flee their home in Syrian after their home was struck by an air strike for the second time. Syrian migrants, like the Kurdi family showed society that families were willing to risk their lives, as well as their family’s, for a better life. Society’s imaginary of the world is shattered when images of three year old Aylan washed ashore are seen. This photo of Aylan highlights the dramatic European refugee crisis. His death, among many other refugees, has portrayed their struggle in seeking asylum from their war torn