CMN 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Free Trade, Cultural Imperialism, Canadian Content

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 1160
• Professor: Kyle Conway

Document Summary

Globalization: transnational & transcultural flow of people through migration, media, technology, ideology, finance, culture, etc. A form of economic, political, social, cultural, and environmental interdependence (p. 308) Growing economic liberalism removal of trade barriers, no taxes on things coming in and out of the country. World trade organization and regularized trade rules. Minority world : people, countries, etc. , with access to capital. Majority world : people, etc. , with limited access to capital. Majority world in the minority world: when those without access to capital live in richer parts of the world. Immigrant communities, inner cities in the north america, banlieues in france. Minority world in the majority world: when those people with wealth live in places where most people are poor examples: gated communities in rio de janeiro. This unevenness results from the complex patterns of immigration that characterize today"s world.