COMM 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: No Logo, Unfair Competition, Data Mining
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Exploitation: de(cid:373)a(cid:374)d fo(cid:396) the (cid:272)heapest la(cid:271)o(cid:396) (cid:272)(cid:396)eates a (cid:449)age lo(cid:449)e(cid:396) tha(cid:374) (cid:449)hat"s (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)ed fo(cid:396) subsistence. Violation of human rights: mncs using contractors aids them in indirectly violating basic human rights. Marx: with the increase in number of things we can consume, we ourselves become commodities. Definitions of globalization: global economy, (cid:862)f(cid:396)ee(cid:863) t(cid:396)ade & t(cid:396)a(cid:374)slatio(cid:374)al (cid:272)apitalis(cid:373, new conditions of neighborliness & cultural traffic, new ways to forge global communities, circulation of images. Deterritorialization: less of a connection between a product & specific territory. M(cid:272)do(cid:374)ald"s is a(cid:374) a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:396)a(cid:374)d, (cid:271)ut (cid:374)o(cid:449) it"s glo(cid:271)ally (cid:396)e(cid:272)og(cid:374)ized: from national industry to transnational manufacturing (i. e. from local production to outsourcing/contracting, movement of people, products, & cultures, less intercultural diversity. Can find more in common w/people around the world (e. g. 2 people from different countries wearing shirts for the same band, movie, tv show, etc. : more intracultural diversity. The world is flat by thomas l. friedman. Integration, inclusion, diversity, & traffic of products & people worldwide.
