definitions/concepts

Question 1

what is globalisation?

Answer 1

we are becoming more connected across the globe, it is relative, compression of time and distance, increasing inter-dependence, increasing global culture, economics, politics, communication, environment, ecology

Question 2

cochrane and pain definition of globalisation

Answer 2

the emergence of global economic and cultural system which is incorporating the people of the world into a single society

Question 3

cohen and kennedy definition of globalisation

Answer 3

a series of transformations of the world, including changes in concept of time and space, interdependent economies, increasing cultural interaction and increasingly shared problems

Question 4

giddens definition of globalisation

Answer 4

the intensification of worldwide social relations which distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa

Question 5

digital revolution

Answer 5

data and information can now be stored and accessed all around the globe through internationally recognised programming systems eg : apple, there are new platforms eg : social media and changes to old ones to modernise them eg : catch up tv

Question 6

media convergence

Answer 6

boyle : information can be combined and delivered into one format eg : iphone, social platforms can communicate with one another, convergence of cultural ideas across the world but because digital forms of communication have developed more rapidly in west western capitalist ideas are more dominant

Question 7

big data

Answer 7

large amounts of data can be stored online, this can be analysed to reveal patterns and trends relating to human behaviour, big storage space, large number of people discussing it and the opportunities for studying human behaviour eg : wikipedia

Question 8

global village

Answer 8

digital communication has allowed us to stay in contact with friends and family and others using social media and the internet, it is easier than ever now

links to:
ritzer - americanisation (western values, superiority)
carter - cybercity (online relationships carry into real life)

Question 9

social networks

Answer 9

communications over social media, people rely on the internet

links to :
putnam (marxist) - bowling alone (social capital in decline)
castells (marxist) - industrial age to online