Production, distribution, and consumption of media items on a global scale, allowing for cross-cultural exchange and dissemination of ideas. 2. What is the role of media in globalization process? Through worldwide news broadcasts, television programming, new technology, film, and music, the mass media are now considered as having a vital role in increasing globalization and allowing cultural interaction and numerous flows of information and images across countries. 3. Where do you get your news? Is it owned by a large conglomerate? Does it matter to you who owns your local news outlets? Why, or why not? Newspapers, television news, and social media are all good sources of information. It's important to know who owns your local news outlets because those owners may purposefully hide some news from you, which you won't be able to see or hear about and benefit from, but which the owner of the news outlet you follow, read, or watch does not want you or other consumers of his news site, paper, or channel to see. Furthermore, some news may be fraudulent, made up by the news outlet's owner, and some may be slightly modified by the news outlet's owner. So it's crucial to pick your news source wisely, because if it's owned by a political party, for example, it won't report on any unpleasant incidents that occurred under that party's reign, because the political party that owns it and currently rules its country doesn't want its citizens to see it.