Globalization

Globalization is the concept that the world is connected. Throughout the years, economies and societies have become intertwined through trade, technology, and transportation. We have the ability to do business with the rest of the world, communicate with the rest of the world through phone and internet, and go wherever we desire with modern transportation. The globe is connected in every which way, enabling globalization.

The constant expansion of technology is a major factor in globalization. Before communication was as modern as it is today, it was difficult to communicate quickly to other countries. Today, it’s possible to see a person on Skype across the world and have a conversation without a delay. Our society has come so far technologically, and it has truly made difference in the connections around the world.

“The rise of new communications technology, compressing time and space and transcending national frontiers, is bringing into being a ‘global village.’ This is reducing national division, and enhancing international understanding and empathy, because people are better connected to each other through international channels of communication” (Curran, Park 7).

This statement from Curran and Park’s De-Modernizing Media Studies explains that the world is able to connect and understand one another through technology. Everyone is connected, which leads to relationships worldwide. This being said, globalization is constantly improving due to the fact that we literally have the world at our fingertips. Globalization is a connection, it’s modern technology, it’s a world-wide relationship.

Curran, James, Myung-Jin Park. De-Westernizing Media Studies: “Beyond

Globalization Theory.” London and New York: Routledge, 2000. Print.