Pros
Space-Time Convergence.
- Space and time is seemingly shrunk with increased communication amongst family members, friends, and business people.
- Skype & other social networking sites.
- Increased availability and accessibility of information in online databases.
- Google, Wikipedia, etc.
Increased international awareness.
- Leads to more awareness of ongoing global issues and charities.
- Unicef.
- Opens up the platform for global collaboration with rescue and relief.
- Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) person finder.
Increased trade amongst countries.
- Aids in overall economic growth and development, as well as the increased demand for foreign products.
- Creates diversity within countries and people.
- Ultimately increases productivity and efficiency because of comparative advantage between countries.
Cons
Makes illicit trade more ominous and widespread.
- This type of trade is growing 7 times faster that "normal" trade, and is predicted to account for 10% of world trade.
Increased gap between rich and poor (MEDC and LEDC).
- Leads to the exploitation of the LEDC's
- Nike has been criticised for outsourcing employment in LEDC's and exposing workers to extremely dangerous environments.
- MEDC's ultimately have more power, they have a larger foothold in the global market.
- Strain on resources have caused the LEDC's to gain control of an LEDC's natural resources.
- Oil.
Increased global communication --> abusing the benefits of the internet.
- Increased illegal activity online.
- Child pornography & more communication about human trafficking.
- Online black markets.
- Purchasing of illegal drugs & increased accessibility of illegal downloads.
- The anonymity of the internet has allowed for more online bullying.
Loss of cultural identity.
- Certain ideas are becoming more dominant than others, and are causing a loss in cultural identity and decreased cultural sensitivity.
- Plastic surgery in order to look like a certain race, tanning lotion, whitening cream, etc.
Hey Dan, I really like the points you made and how you were able to provide examples and descriptions for them. The organization of your post is good and easy to understand. Great post Dayni ✌︎☻
ReplyDeleteHey Dani, your points are very clear and straightforward. I like how you provided examples for all your points. It seems like you are leaning towards the negative side of globalization. The example you had about cultural identity is very interesting. The example about whitening cream and tanning lotion is a very unique example. I wouldn't have thought about this and how whitening cream and tanning lotion related to globalization. So does this mean that because of globalization, people want to look like or be like the Westerners?
ReplyDeleteOverall, the points you made are very concise with very good examples! :)
Why does everyone pick on Nike? Is it because they're an easy target since they're such a popular brand? I'd be curious to know what you think of Monsanto and their exploitation of people in less economically developed countries. See: Monsanto in Brazil.
ReplyDeleteI guess it's because of their popularity and how so many people know about them exploiting people in LEDC's. Personally, it has always been a go-to example; I previously used it in my ToK presentation.
Delete(you have a mid dins point) But that's not the point of my comment. I just wanted to say that I can see that the Pro's of Globalization in more advantageous to the whole world. Although there are also many cons to Globalization, the effect of the Pros are adjustable and we should be able to adapt new forms of Globalization that allows the Cons of Globalization to become nothing more than a problem in the past.
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