globalisation L7 impact on culture

Question 1

what is culture?

Answer 1

what makes a country or region unique, gives citizens an identity to belong to and can be spread in various ways

Question 2

What is Cultural Diffusion

Answer 2

spread of cultural beliefs & social activities from one group to another

Question 3

Influence of Social Media on culture

Answer 3

influence pop culture; fashion, comedy, dancing

political importance; digital activism (Arab spring 2010)

Question 4

what are technocentrics?

Answer 4

people that believe that technology is the answer to all problems

Question 5

what is economic freedom?

Answer 5

global markets free from government interruption

Question 6

what is cultural hegemony?

Answer 6

the concept that one culture is vastly superior to the rest

Question 7

what is assimilation?

Answer 7

a practice of conformity, indoctrinating new migrants into adapting host country values

assimilating to a different culture, typically the hegemonic one

Question 8

what is cultural erosion?

Answer 8

traditional cultures disappear due to westernisation

Question 9

China ; cultural globalisation and erosion

Answer 9

traditional asian diet was low meat and high veg

1990s china’s meat consumption increased tenfold — major methane increase in atmosphere

Question 10

Papua New Guinea ; cultural erosion & globalisation

Answer 10

historically isolated
tropical climate — few clothes but now replaced by western clothes

environment not respected - social/economic development outweigh desire to conserve ecosystems

Question 11

Paralympic Movement — Optimistic Hyperglobalists

Answer 11

• cultural attitudes to disabilities are changing on a global scale.
• The UN protects the rights of fundamental freedoms of disabled persons
• opportunities for disadvantaged groups