Social 10-1 Jeri Blackmore
Related Issue 1
Source Interpretation Written Assignment
All over the world media is spreading globalization through any community to every individual. Ideas are being spread faster than ever through technology to countries everywhere. I think that in time as cultures become more and more alike globalization will kill the individuality of the world. Transnational corporations are currently in power over trading and media convergence resulting in the conglomeration of smaller companies. Western culture is vastly spreading far across the world reaching the Eastern coast. Should our society revert back to its former individualism or continue to shift into a collective identity?
As media convergence controls what society sees it strictly limits the information the public is receiving. Alliances made through trade agreements allow the goods we receive to travel to various regions around the word. I agree with source one in its claims that constant growing globalization and the rise of transnational corporations will universalize our culture into a collective society. Individual beliefs will travel and unite the world, where everyone is collectively the same and individualism is rare.
Sesame Street (as seen in source two) is a popular children’s television program originating in North America that can now be seen all over the world. Made into various languages children across the globe are now familiarized with the characters, convergence of media is shaping their thought pattern. Conglomeration is a factor as the smaller programming will never be as popular as the larger corporations and businesses. If all our interests are the same, interactions between people of different countries will have minimal differences.
When going to the grocery store, the last thought on a persons’ mind is the origin of the product being bought. Many foods such as bananas are not local to Canada and must be shipped in from other countries. Local farmers cannot compete with the large fruit corporation as they offer extensive variety and low cost due to the cheap labour and little to no employer regulations. Top brands like Del Monte, Dole, and Chiquita are in association with the World Trade Organization which has previously been confronted with undermining national laws that have protected workers, environments, community economies, safety and health of the public. The best way to keep individualism and ensure humane practices have been used is to buy fresh local fruit as often as possible and to be informed as to where food is originating and the circumstances around it.
Through technology and the modernization of society globalization is spreading faster than ever. Traditions, beliefs, and idealism are being lost as entire cultures are falling victim to the mainstream transnational brands and corporations. As the cultures once did stand unique to one another it would be a shame for cultural hybridization to remold what once stood as individualized ways of living. I think that globalization is fortunate to a certain extent until it takes away from culture.
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