Transcript Review - Identity and Culture

Learn the Terms
Refer to Chapters 3-4 for answers
• Digital divide
• Universalization of
pop culture
• Hybridization
• Propaganda
• Cultural diversity
• Pop culture
• the spread of one popular
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culture around the world
mixing of identities/cultures
in new and different ways
the culture of public trends
spread through mass media
Gap separating the people
who do and do not have
access to digital technology
The spread of ideas to achieve
a specific goal
variety of cultures and
identities
• “Globalization is a social process characterized by the
existence of global economic, political, cultural,
linguistic and environmental interconnections and
flows that make many of the currently existing
borders and boundaries irrelevant.” [1] As the
process of globalization expands its reach in the 21st
century and linguistic barriers begin to fall, what are
the possible implications on the world’s languages?
Globalization and its affect on
cultural identity
• Facts:
• English has become the major language of business and scientific
research
• The internet was designed to use the Roman alphabet (abc) rather
than Chinese or Japanese characters, etc.
• There are over 6000 languages yet 90% of the content on the internet
is condensed to 21 languages
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“Language is important not only
as a way of communicating with
others, but as a carrier of culture.
Language loss has many ramifications,
such as loss of culture, family
ties, lifeways, and the ability to
be successful in one’s environment.”
• — Gail Ridgely, Superintendent,
• Arapaho Language Lodge
To what extent does globalization affect sustainability, diminish
cultural diversity and impact identity?
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/
Globalization Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oTLyPPrZE4
Globalization Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oTLyPPrZE4
Economic Globalization – the process of expanding world
trade networks to encourage international trade.
Example: Transnationals, like Nike
Your example:
Cultural Globalization – the process by which people’s
lifestyles are spread over and influenced by global
networks.
Example: American movies (homogenization)
Your example:
Political Globalization – the process by which political
decisions and actions are becoming increasingly
international in focus and influence.
Example: human rights legislation influenced by other
nations
Your example:
The world is becoming one large community, interconnected.
Marshall McLuhan
• Do global connections have more positive or negative affects?
Positive
Negative
Unit One ~ Review
Define Globalization
Explain and provide a specific example of each of the following:
Developing nation
Developed nation
Collective identity
Homogenization
Outsourcing
Accomodation
Assimilation
Cultural revitalization
Digital divide
Global village
Propaganda
Transnational Corporation
Media concentration
Unit One Exam
• Review is located within U1L4 (end of lesson)
• Next week/online
• Have key parent email me to request password