COM 330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Global Issue
2 Jun 2020
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Rapid integration of the world"s economy - loosely called globalisation. Facilitated by an information revolution driven by communication technologies. How people feel about globalisation has a lot to do with where they live and what they do. Some people believe in the reality of it and have the capacity to understand it, others do not. Some see globalisation as dissolving a sense of boundaries, national identities, and how we perceive the world. Computers, satellites, and digitalisation have converged to produce a global communications network. Pop-culture from the west ows around the world. Critics of global media market castigate globalisation for the reasons that centralisation of media power and commercialism. Media is a threat to democracy because of lessened public participation and concern with public a airs. Western media - globalisation has spurred the growth of media and audiences in developing non-western nations.
