Positive And Negative Aspects Of Cultural Globalization

Globalization is a term that became widely used to describe the increased movement of people, ideas, goods, and money all over the national border. This has led to the world becoming more connected among the populations economically, politically, socially, and culturally. There are many ongoing discussions about globalization, including its positive and negative aspects. One of the negative aspects of globalization is cultural dimensions. Another negative aspect of globalization is the environmental issues that have rose from the Industrial Revolution. Although there may be negative things about globalization, there are also many positive things that come from it. One positive aspect of globalization is trade. Trade benefits a lot of people …show more content…
I believe that as a whole, we have become more homogenized. A term called ‘Americanization’ has risen from other countries becoming more like America. According to George Ritzer, ‘McDonalization’ is another term to describe the wide ranging sociocultural processes by which the principals of the fast food restaurants have been taking over and dominating more and more. This is a negative aspect of globalization because fast food restaurants are not a healthy choice and do not have a great amount of culture connected to it. They don’t have any culture connected it because the fast food industry is very uniformed with the way they do things. People would much rather see places that show off the countries culture of food. America should not be represented in other countries with restaurants like McDonalds or Wendy’s, even if they are cheap. Having these fast food restaurants causes serious health issues such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and juvenile obesity. The contemporary experience of living and acting across cultural borders has made the loss of both traditional meaning and symbolic expressions obvious. The role of media has also been negatively affected. We rely technology to stay connected. It creates basic stereotypes and makes us become lazy when trying to get out and communicate. Not only does technology bring negative aspects, but it has …show more content…
It led to consumption of certain natural resources leaving the environment permanently damaged. In these factories, the working conditions were terrible, child labor was a huge issue, and also women were being paid less than men. These things continue to happen in factories across the world. It also has negatively affected carbon emissions, pollution, and human and animal health issues. These are the negative effects on the Industrial Revolution. The positive effects are the mass amount of production of food for the world’s population. According to APECSEC.org, populations around the world has increased a lot over the years due to the amount of food being available. It also made transportation more easy which helped a lot with trading across the world. Another thing it did was create jobs for people around the