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A corporation that operates in two or more countries
Transnational
The gap between "haves" & "have nots" in their ability to access digital technology
Digital Divide
The process by which cultures become more alike in terms of values, attitudes, beliefs, customs, language and traditions?
Homogenization
Hiring of local women & children as cheap labor to work for a transnational is an example of ? dimension of ? force of globalization.
1. economic and/or social-cultural
2. Trade
Big C-Can containers used by transnationals to ship good globally is an example of this force of globalization.
Transportation
The destruction of trees in rainforest to build a banana plantation is an example of ? dimension.
Environmental
For what purpose did the CRTC pass CANCON laws?
Promote Canadian culture & content
The process by which a minority culture adopts a dominant culture and is absorbed into it. It often involves a loss of langue
Assimilation
Tuning out your surroundings using technology
Techno-Isolation
T or F Econoimc interdependance has grown in the world?
True - each country is relaying more on each other for economic goods
The process by which the world's citzens are becoming increasingly connected to and dependent on one another
Globalization
The mixing of identities and cultures in new and different ways
Hybridization
Often occurs when a society fails to value the identity of a smaller group within the society
Marginalization
An effort to restore new life to a culture
Cultural revitalization
This means that a large number of people experience alot of the same culture.
Universalization of popular culture
This globalization force has revolutionized the speed & quality of our ability to communicate.
Communication Technology
Control of a large amount of the world's media by a few transnational companies
Media concentration
UNESCO, la Francophonie, AFN (Assembly of First Nations are examples of how International Organizations do this?
affirm & promote languages & cultures
Laws passed by a government to prevent a group’s cultural identity –including its artists, performers, songs, movies , and literature- from being overwhelmed by the media of a more dominant culture.
Cultural content Laws
Disneyfication, McDonaldization are examples of this form of assimilation.
Americanization
The dimension by which political decisions and actions are becoming increasingly international.
Political dimension
Walmart getting a better deal on the purchase of merchandise because they buy in bulk is an example of?
Economies of Scale
Providing equal opportunity (making space) for participation of different groups in society
Attempts to reflect the cultures, languages, and communities of diverse Indigenous peoples and is broadcast all over the world.
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
They are the four forces of globalization.
Trade, Transportation, Communication Technology & the Media.