This essay will be discussing how the social changes associated with globalisation have altered the experiences of different ethic identities within society. Using sociological theories such as the social imaginary theory of Aruj Appadurai (1990) and recent case studies the essay will discuss how globalisation has played a role in the altered experiences different ethnic identities encounters within society. The essay will begin with identifying the root causes of globalisation and how globalisation is defined in a sociological context. It will look at the effects globalisation has on the different cultural identities and how this process is turning the world into a smaller place through time space compression. Evidence that globalisation
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No longer mere fantasy (opium for the masses whose real work is somewhere else), no longer simple escape (from a world defined principally by more concrete purposes and structures), no longer elite pastime (thus not relevant to the lives of ordinary people), and no longer mere contemplation (irrelevant for new forms of desire and subjectivity), the imagination has become an organized field of social practices, a form of work (in the sense of both labor and culturally organized practice), and a form of negotiation between sites of agency (individuals) and globally defined fields of possibility. This unleashing of the imagination links the play of pastiche (in some settings) to the terror and coercion of states and their competitors. The imagination is now central to all forms of agency, is itself a social fact, and is the key component of the new global order” (1990). This is a similar view to that of Thompson J. (1984) “the creative and symbolic dimension of the social world, the dimension through which human beings create their ways of living together and their ways of representing their collective life” (Thompson, 1984 p.6). Within both of these theories it is clear that the role of globalisation can play a …show more content…
With increasing knowledge and the introduction of new technologies these fantasies produced different levels to the social world forcing it to evolve with the time. With the introduction of the internet and different social media channels the world has become a smaller space, it is clear to see that globalisation has a huge impact on societies. Where once it took a letter weeks to reach its destination, in contemporary society an email can take seconds to be received. The act of the media also plays a huge part in altering experiences of ethnic identities. Appadurai (1990) describes this disjuncture as Mediascapes, with the fast flow of media sources such as the internet, television, social media and newspapers information is at an accessible source. Although this form of disjuncture has advantages it also hold disadvantages. Advantages of the increase in mass media is that the individual has access to the latest news within seconds, it allows children to broaden their cultural knowledge through educational programmes and documentaries and it also allows different cultures and ethnicities to express their different cultural events. Disadvantages of the increase of mass media through globalisation is that news can be manipulated to influence the mind of certain audiences, such as different political views. Media bias can also occur when a news agent or journalist views
No longer mere fantasy (opium for the masses whose real work is somewhere else), no longer simple escape (from a world defined principally by more concrete purposes and structures), no longer elite pastime (thus not relevant to the lives of ordinary people), and no longer mere contemplation (irrelevant for new forms of desire and subjectivity), the imagination has become an organized field of social practices, a form of work (in the sense of both labor and culturally organized practice), and a form of negotiation between sites of agency (individuals) and globally defined fields of possibility. This unleashing of the imagination links the play of pastiche (in some settings) to the terror and coercion of states and their competitors. The imagination is now central to all forms of agency, is itself a social fact, and is the key component of the new global order” (1990). This is a similar view to that of Thompson J. (1984) “the creative and symbolic dimension of the social world, the dimension through which human beings create their ways of living together and their ways of representing their collective life” (Thompson, 1984 p.6). Within both of these theories it is clear that the role of globalisation can play a …show more content…
With increasing knowledge and the introduction of new technologies these fantasies produced different levels to the social world forcing it to evolve with the time. With the introduction of the internet and different social media channels the world has become a smaller space, it is clear to see that globalisation has a huge impact on societies. Where once it took a letter weeks to reach its destination, in contemporary society an email can take seconds to be received. The act of the media also plays a huge part in altering experiences of ethnic identities. Appadurai (1990) describes this disjuncture as Mediascapes, with the fast flow of media sources such as the internet, television, social media and newspapers information is at an accessible source. Although this form of disjuncture has advantages it also hold disadvantages. Advantages of the increase in mass media is that the individual has access to the latest news within seconds, it allows children to broaden their cultural knowledge through educational programmes and documentaries and it also allows different cultures and ethnicities to express their different cultural events. Disadvantages of the increase of mass media through globalisation is that news can be manipulated to influence the mind of certain audiences, such as different political views. Media bias can also occur when a news agent or journalist views