COMMUNICATION AND GLOBALIZATION

Globalization
Globalization is the extension of cross-border economic ties, leading to greater
integration of societies and economies around the world.
According to Terry flew the components of globalization are: The
internationalization of production, trade and finance, the rise of multinational
corporations, reduction in cross border tariffs upon flows of goods and services, the
deregulation of financial markets and the rise of internet-based e commerce, the
international movement of people, the development of emigrant communities and the
increasingly multicultural nature of national societies. International communication
flows delivered through telecommunication, information and media technologies such as
broadband, cable, satellite and the internet which facilitate the transnational circulation
of cultural commodities, textile image and artifacts.
Globalization in other means is taken as westernization which is transmitting
modern approach of the west toward the traditional societies in cultural dimensions; this
can be seen as McDonald Culture, Music, tourism, and fast-food chains in various
countries. American media networks such as MTV and Hollywood extended their
influences across the American boarders.
How Globalization works?
1. It works by moving goods and services across borders.
2. It has brought many benefits to many people. But not to everyone.
What drives it?
Globalization has speeded up enormously over the last half-century, thanks to great
leaps in technology.
The internet has revolutionized connectivity and communication and helped people
share their ideas much more widely, just as the invention of the printing press did in the
15th
century. The advent of email made communication faster than ever.
The invention of enormous container ships helped too. In fact, improvements in
transport
generally – faster ships, trains, and airplanes – have allowed us to move around the
globe
much more easily.
What drives it?
Globalization has speeded up enormously over the last half-century, thanks to
great leaps in technology.
The internet has revolutionized connectivity and communication and helped
people share their ideas much more widely, just as the invention of the printing press
did in the 15thcentury. The advent of email made communication faster than ever. The
invention of enormous container ships helped too. In fact, improvements in transport
generally – faster ships, trains, and airplanes – have allowed us to move around the
globe much more easily.

THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON COMMUNICATION

Communication is dramatically changed by new technologies, in the twentieth
century we have experienced the effects of the telephone, radio, film, television, high-
speed printing xerography, desktop publishing and electronic mails. Media
technologies have made communication more observable and universal. New media
technologies have carried people into prospective contact.
Media and communication are at the center of our everyday life. It is concluded
that twenty first century can be taken as networked century as we are connected with
the media like an extension because we want to be well informed to strengthen our
economies nationally as well as internationally which demonstrate the image of
globalize world. Mass media contributes to a transformation in the cultural and social
value of the masses as media act as an agent of change in the development and
socialization process and brought the world closer. Future points toward communication
driven economy, where economic opportunities are not limited by the time, distance or
geography due to technological inventions. We live in a media rich environment where
world is presented by the media where almost everybody has virtual access to media
and choices in content.
Information age is resulted with the convergence of information technologies
and sophisticated communication systems which indicated the evolution from industrial
age manufacturing, through service-based production, to an information society. Innis
Harold, in his theory of technological determinism mentioned that the radical
advancement in technology is first applied to the process of communication. The forms
of social organizations, stages and characteristics of the society are determined by the
medium of the time. The computer, internet, telecommunications with their advance
functions, cable television, and satellite communications are shaping societies
differently and giving more intercultural and inter-societal connectivity in current times
(Narula, 2006).
Global communication is
directly affected by globalization and helps increase business opportunities, remove
cultural
barriers, and develop a global village. Both globalization and global communication
have
changed the environmental, cultural, political, and economic elements of the world.
Global communication is directly affected by globalization and helps increase
business opportunities, remove cultural barriers, and develop a global village. Both
globalization and global communication have changed the environmental, cultural,
political, and economic elements of the world.

Increased Business Opportunities

Many companies today hire employees that are located in other countries. Using
communication vehicles such as video calling makes it simple to converse with
colleagues
across the globe, almost making it feel like they are in the same room. Technology also
makes it easier to connect with suppliers and customers all over the world and to
streamline
those relationships through improves ordering, shipment tracking, and so on. With this
kind
of communication technology, many businesses are able to take advantage of
opportunities
in different countries or cities, improving the economic outlook on a global level
Many companies today hire employees that are located in other countries. Using
communication vehicles such as video calling makes it simple to converse with
colleagues
across the globe, almost making it feel like they are in the same room. Technology also
makes it easier to connect with suppliers and customers all over the world and to
streamline
those relationships through improves ordering, shipment tracking, and so on. With this
kind
of communication technology, many businesses are able to take advantage of
opportunities
in different countries or cities, improving the economic outlook on a global level
Many companies today hire employees that are located in other countries. Using
communication vehicles such as video calling makes it simple to converse with
colleagues
across the globe, almost making it feel like they are in the same room. Technology also
makes it easier to connect with suppliers and customers all over the world and to
streamline
those relationships through improves ordering, shipment tracking, and so on. With this
kind
of communication technology, many businesses are able to take advantage of
opportunities
in different countries or cities, improving the economic outlook on a global level
Many companies today hire employees that are located in other countries. Using
communication vehicles such as video calling makes it simple to converse with
colleagues
across the globe, almost making it feel like they are in the same room. Technology also
makes it easier to connect with suppliers and customers all over the world and to
streamline
those relationships through improves ordering, shipment tracking, and so on. With this
kind
of communication technology, many businesses are able to take advantage of
opportunities
in different countries or cities, improving the economic outlook on a global level
Many companies today hire employees that are located in other countries. Using
communication vehicles such as video calling makes it simple to converse with
colleagues
across the globe, almost making it feel like they are in the same room. Technology also
makes it easier to connect with suppliers and customers all over the world and to
streamline
those relationships through improves ordering, shipment tracking, and so on. With this
kind
of communication technology, many businesses are able to take advantage of
opportunities
in different countries or cities, improving the economic outlook on a global level
Many companies today hire employees that are located in other countries. Using
communication vehicles such as video calling makes it simple to converse with
colleagues across the globe, almost making it feel like they are in the same room.
Technology also makes it easier to connect with suppliers and customers all over the
world and to streamline those relationships through improves ordering, shipment
tracking, and so on. With this kind of communication technology, many businesses are
able to take advantage of opportunities in different countries or cities, improving the
economic outlook on a global level.

Creation of Global Village

Affected both by globalization and global communication, the global village is
created when distance and isolation no longer matter because people are connected by
technology. Wide-spread telephone and internet access have been life-changing for
many
people across the world, especially those in developing countries. Many are now
enrolling in
universities across the world without having to leave their desk chair. Virtual assistant
jobs
are becoming commonplace. Employees from developing countries work with
companies in
North America or Europe, providing administrative support and other business services
that
can efficiently be conducted over the phone or via the internet.
Globalization and global communication have made it easier to see people on the
other side of the world as neighbors instead of a stranger from a faraway land. There is
so
much knowledge about other countries and cultures available online, that it’s no longer
a
complete mystery
Affected both by globalization and global communication, the global village is created
when distance and isolation no longer matter because people are connected by
technology. Wide-spread telephone and internet access have been life-changing for
many people across the world, especially those in developing countries. Many are now
enrolling in universities across the world without having to leave their desk chair. Virtual
assistant jobs are becoming commonplace. Employees from developing countries work
with companies in North America or Europe, providing administrative support and other
business services that can efficiently be conducted over the phone or via the internet.
Globalization and global communication have made it easier to see people on
the other side of the world as neighbors instead of a stranger from a faraway land.
There is so much knowledge about other countries and cultures available online, that
it’s no longer a complete mystery.
Media have identified as a “super peer” who is replacing traditional
socializing agents characterized by the internationalization of television programming,
cell phone technology and worldwide internet access has connected the world in an
unprecedented way that describes the globalization of media. Societies of the world are
running toward the technology-oriented programs to develop their infrastructure and
networked their connections to approach one another. The homogenization is being
created in the world by mixing the diversities of different nations through media contents
which has shaped the world realities. This has been done through the convergence of
media and communication technologies that has changed the view of the world by the
easy access of electronic signals to everyone and anyone can manipulate things and
objects and can diffuse it to others.
QUESTIONS
1. Expansion and integration of the cultural, political, economic, and technological
domains of countries
a. Communication
b. Workbench
c. Chronemics
d. Globalization
2. Have made communication more observable and universal.
a. Globalization
b. Media technologies
c. Register
d. Divergence
3. He mentioned that the radical advancement in technology is first applied to the
process of communication.
a. Howard Giles
b. Kale Bosmajian
c. Innis Harold
d. Tim Walker
4. Has revolutionized connectivity and communication and helped people share
their ideas much more widely.
a. Internet
b. Global communication
c. Media Technologies
d. Globalization

5. is created when distance and isolation no longer matter because people are
connected by technology
a. Global Village
b. Global communication
c. Internet
d. Social Media

6. flows delivered through telecommunication, information and media technologies

such as broadband, cable, satellite and the internet which facilitate the
transnational circulation of cultural commodities, textile image and artifacts.
a. Workbench
b. Internet
c. Communication Accommodation Theory
d. International communication
7. contributes to a transformation in the cultural and social value of the masses as
media act as an agent of change in the development and socialization process
and brought the world closer
a. Information Age
b. Technology
c. Technology Advancement
d. Mass Media
8. It is dramatically changed by new technologies, in the twentieth century we have
experienced the effects of the telephone, radio, film, television, high-speed
printing xerography, desktop publishing and electronic mails
a. Communication
b. Verbal Communication
c. Linguistics
d. Register
9. have made it easier to see people on the other side of the world as neighbors
instead of a stranger from a faraway land
a. Internet
b. Technology
c. Mass Media
d. Global Communication

10. It is resulted with the convergence of information technologies and sophisticated

communication systems which indicated the evolution from industrial age
manufacturing, through service-based production, to an information society
a. Information Age
b. Media Technology
c. Global Communication
d. International Communication