BTLED-HE 1ST YEAR

GE 2 PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

OCTOBER 20, 2020

ASSESSMENT TASK 4

1. According to the World Youth Report what is globalization? World Youth 2005
Source:https://www.un.org/development/desa/youth/globalization-wpay.html.

Globalization, roughly defined as the global integration of economies and

societies, affects many aspects of young peoples’ lives. Youth have an
ambiguous relationship with the globalizing world, both economically and
culturally. On the one hand, they are most flexible and perhaps best able to
adapt to and make use of new opportunities offered. They are the best
educated generation on new information technologies; they benefit from
economic growth; many travel around the world for work, studies, exchange
projects and vacation; and telephone and the Internet enable them to stay in
touch with friends and relatives abroad. On the other hand, many youth,
especially in developing countries, have been left out of the digitalization and
modernization process and lack the economic power to benefit from the
opportunities globalization offers. Four effects of globalization on the lives of
young people are discussed below in more detail; the distribution of
employment opportunities, migration, youth culture and consumerism, and
global citizenship and activism.

2. Is globalization the answer to reduce poverty?

Yes, because somehow globalization allows companies to produce lower cost
of products and it create larger variety of choices. Lowered cost product can
help the people in both developing and already developed countries live
better. It increases economic growth in which it will affect the poverty, provide
new job for the people, spread technology and innovation.

3. Site at least 3 significances of globalization to your generation.

Today more people can communicate easily with their families, friends and
others on the other side of the world because of the development of the
internet and technological gadgets.
Globalization has equalized the international playing field so that even small
companies can compete to get their slice of the global buying pie.
Travel and tourism allows for the globalization of many things, like the
exchange of money, cultures, ideas and knowledge.