Name: EZRA D.

GAMBICAN
Soc Sci 103N Class Schedule: MTH 1:30 – 3:30 (Activity 1) Score: ____ / 20 pts.

CHARACTERISTICS OF GLOBALIZATION

Characteristi Examples from the Film, The Corporation Brief Description of your personal
cs of (maximum of two per characteristic) Experience Relevant to the Characteristic
Globalization

creation of a. The scene where they said that The presence of Telecommunications
new and the telephone system reaches almost company like PLDT, Smart, and Globe that
multiplication every part of the world, it’s a connects millions of Filipino people in the
of existing powerful system that transforms the online world, with the help of these
social lives of the people for the better. Telecommunications company it makes
networks and Filipinos connect with other people from
activities b. The creation of talkback box which different part of the world.
overcoming helps the communication of subways
traditional passengers and Pfizer guards much
boundaries easier. It is like a phonebooth that can
be use by the passenger in
communicating to the subway
operator, making it much easier to
communicate in case of problems.

expansion and a. The scene where Chris Barrett and
the stretching Luke McCabe talked about
of social “Corporate Sponsorship”. The two
relations, advertised “First USA” in which the
activities, and company garnered over 50 million
interdepend- new customers. This shows that
encies advertisement stretched social
relations and activities. It also shows
the company and the advertisers are
interdependent with each other.
In the Philippines, advertisement is important
in campaigning your product. I observed that
companies often advertise their product with
the help of public figures, celebrities, and
famous internet sensations. In this way, the
companies gain the fan base of their
advertiser which makes them buy the
products of the company, the company’s
customers now expands and stretches from
different social relations and activities.

b. Corporations provide us social role,

the scene where they said that
institutions provide the people who
are members of it with a social role to
occupy. This social institution shapes
the social relations, activities,
interdependencies. It applies to the
churches, schools, and institutions
that has power over people.

intensification a. The scene where Samuel Epstein
and talked about the beginning of new era,
acceleration of the era where the people has the
social ability to create an unlimited scale of
exchanges and chemicals that had never existed in
activities the world. It became possible to
produce any new chemicals for any
purpose at virtually no cost. It
accelerated all human activities and
The concern that Baguio is facing right now
is environmental lands are turned into
commercial lands that are used for building of
hotels and other tourist attraction sites.
Activities like this accelerates social
exchanges between people, tourist provides
us profit and Baguio provides them
relaxation. Trees are cut down and animals
are losing their home for the sake of profit.
Name: EZRA D. GAMBICAN
Soc Sci 103N Class Schedule: MTH 1:30 – 3:30 (Activity 1) Score: ____ / 20 pts.

social exchanges.

b. Samuel Epstein discussed about how

petrochemical era grew and grew,
warning signs emerged that it can
pose hazard not only in the “locality”
but also in the “Global” stage. These
synthetic chemicals produced cancer
and birth defects and also destroyed
our air and water. This chemical
intensified that social activities and
exchanges but in return, it destroyed
our sources of life which is the air and
water.

a. Protest of Bolivians against their In our barangay many voted for Duterte in the
creation, government when they found out that 2016 Presidential Elections. At first, they are
expansion, the government privatize its water satisfied with what their candidate is doing
and sector, the Bechtel corporation of San when he won the elections but when they
intensification Francisco gained control of the water became conscious that Duterte is truly
of social sector of Cochabamba which resulted fulfilling his promises they turned against
interconnect- in the protest against the government. him. Situation like this creates and intensifies
ions and The people come together to oppose interconnection and interdepencies of people.
interdepend- the privatization the public sectors of They often change their behavior towards the
encies … (on) Bolivia. people they supported when they are not
the subjective satisfied, they also seem to change their
plane of b. The scene where Howard Zinn collective identities if they are not supporting
human discussed about the interconnection of the same candidate that they supported
consciousness rise of fascism in Europe and the before.
consciousness of politically radical
corporate power. People realize that
enormous corporations helped the rise
of fascism in Europe. American
Corporations support the rise of Nazi
Regime.