Globalization and Media
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What is the oldest and most enduring form of media?

  • Radio
  • Human speech (correct)
  • The printing press
  • Television

    • What did the invention of the printing press encourage?

  • Both A and B (correct)
  • None of the above
  • The challenge of political and religious authority
  • The standardization of knowledge

    • Which form of media is now the most important in influencing globalization?

  • The printing press
  • Digital media (correct)
  • Television
  • Radio

    • What is an example of a traditional music that requires more time, money, and space than pop music?

    <p>Opera</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of people adopting and adapting new practices through access to information provided by computers?

    <p>Globalization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the lifeline of globalization?

    <p>Writing systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the fifth time period in the study of globalization and media according to the text?

    <p>Digital media</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the oldest and most enduring form of media?

    <p>Human speech</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who invented the printing press?

    <p>Johannes Gutenberg</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which form of media is now the most important in influencing globalization?

    <p>Digital media</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is pop music's role in globalization?

    <p>It reinforces boundaries of culture and identity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the lifeline of globalization?

    <p>Writing systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of the printing press?

    <p>The mass production of printed matter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of digital media?

    <p>It provides access to global marketplaces</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the oldest and most enduring form of media?

    <p>Human speech</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who invented the printing press?

    <p>Johannes Gutenberg</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most important media influencing globalization today?

    <p>Digital media</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of traditional music that requires more time, money, and space than pop music?

    <p>Opera</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of globalization and media on people's adoption and adaptation of new practices?

    <p>Positive effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What reinforces boundaries of culture and identity, even as it becomes more globalized?

    <p>Pop music</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many time periods has the world undergone in the study of globalization and media?

    <p>5</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of religion?

    <p>A set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some ways in which globalization affects religions?

    <p>Religious pluralism, diasporas, and the development of religion as a political and cultural resource.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the modernist perspective on secularization?

    <p>All secularizations would eventually look alike, and different religions would end up as the same worldly and rational philosophy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the post-modernist perspective on traditional religions?

    <p>Emphasizes expressive individualism and predicts the disappearance of traditional religions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the pre-modernist perspective on secularization?

    <p>Each religion has secularized in its own distinctive way, resulting in its own distinctive secular outcome.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the five major world religions?

    <p>Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

    <p>The profession of faith, prayer, alms tax, fasting, and pilgrimage to Mecca.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the four noble truths in Buddhism?

    <p>Life is a suffering, origin of suffering is desire, cessation of suffering is renouncement of desire, path leading to renouncement of desire is Eightfold Path</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the four goals of life in Hinduism?

    <p>Be a good, virtuous, moral person; earn material prosperity, money/security; seek happiness, pleasure, emotional fulfillment; seek freedom from ignorance, spirituality, and self-knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the linguistic hybrid term for the simultaneous occurrence of universalizing and particularizing tendencies in contemporary social, political, economic, and religious systems?

    <p>Glocalization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the two collections of writings that describe all the fundamental teachings that are central to Hinduism?

    <p>The Vedas and the Upanishads</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the founder of Buddhism?

    <p>Siddhartha Gautama</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the fundamental teachings of Hinduism described in the Vedas and Upanishads?

    <p>The concepts of karma, samsara, and moksha</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is considered the founder of Buddhism?

    <p>Siddhartha Gautama</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which religion has the highest world population according to the Pew Research Center in 2020?

    <p>Christianity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the linguistic hybrid of globalization and localization?

    <p>Glocalization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of vernacularization in religion?

    <p>The rise of vernacular language endowed with the symbolic ability of offering privileged access to the sacred</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the four goals of life in Hinduism?

    <p>Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is considered the founder of Buddhism?

    <p>Siddhartha Gautama</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the Four Noble Truths in Buddhism?

    <p>Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, and Magga</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most widely practiced religion in the world according to Pew Research Center 2020 data?

    <p>Christianity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is glocalization and who popularized the term?

    <p>The simultaneous occurrence of both universalizing and particularizing tendencies in contemporary social, political, economic, and religious systems; Roland Robertson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Globalization and Media: A Historical Overview

    • Globalization has been heightened through advancements in media and transportation technology, making people feel interconnected and part of a "Global Village."
    • Human speech is the oldest and most enduring form of media, and languages are the lifeline of globalization.
    • Writing systems, such as cuneiform, hanzi, and Mesoamerican scripts, have allowed for the collection, manipulation, storage, communication, and dissemination of information.
    • The printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century, allowed for the mass production of printed matter, standardized knowledge, and encouraged the challenge of political and religious authority.
    • Electronic media, including television, radio, and the internet, revolutionized globalization in the 19th and 20th centuries.
    • Digital media, such as software, video games, social media, and online advertising, is now the most important media influencing globalization, providing access to global marketplaces and transforming cultural life.
    • Pop music is an aspect of globalization, with traditional local music being replaced by the convenience of global pop music that can be purchased and downloaded easily.
    • Traditional music, such as opera and music concerts, require more time, money, and space than pop music, which is everywhere in people's daily lives.
    • The advancement of pop music is a result of globalization and media, with people adopting and adapting new practices, such as fashion, sports, music, and food, through access to information provided by computers.
    • Popular music reinforces boundaries of culture and identity, even as it becomes more globalized.
    • The use of digital media, such as Skype, Google, chat, and Zoom, allows people to exchange ideas, establish relations, and linkages across the globe.
    • The world has undergone five time periods in the study of globalization and media: oral communications, writing systems, the printing press, electronic media, and digital media.

    Globalization and Media: A Historical Overview

    • Globalization has been heightened through advancements in media and transportation technology, making people feel interconnected and part of a "Global Village."
    • Human speech is the oldest and most enduring form of media, and languages are the lifeline of globalization.
    • Writing systems, such as cuneiform, hanzi, and Mesoamerican scripts, have allowed for the collection, manipulation, storage, communication, and dissemination of information.
    • The printing press, invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century, allowed for the mass production of printed matter, standardized knowledge, and encouraged the challenge of political and religious authority.
    • Electronic media, including television, radio, and the internet, revolutionized globalization in the 19th and 20th centuries.
    • Digital media, such as software, video games, social media, and online advertising, is now the most important media influencing globalization, providing access to global marketplaces and transforming cultural life.
    • Pop music is an aspect of globalization, with traditional local music being replaced by the convenience of global pop music that can be purchased and downloaded easily.
    • Traditional music, such as opera and music concerts, require more time, money, and space than pop music, which is everywhere in people's daily lives.
    • The advancement of pop music is a result of globalization and media, with people adopting and adapting new practices, such as fashion, sports, music, and food, through access to information provided by computers.
    • Popular music reinforces boundaries of culture and identity, even as it becomes more globalized.
    • The use of digital media, such as Skype, Google, chat, and Zoom, allows people to exchange ideas, establish relations, and linkages across the globe.
    • The world has undergone five time periods in the study of globalization and media: oral communications, writing systems, the printing press, electronic media, and digital media.

    The Globalization of Religion and the World's Major Religions

    • Religion is a set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity.
    • Globalization affects religions in several ways, including religious pluralism, diasporas, and the development of religion as a political and cultural resource.
    • The modernist perspective suggests that all secularizations would eventually look alike, and different religions would end up as the same worldly and rational philosophy.
    • The post-modernist perspective emphasizes expressive individualism and predicts the disappearance of traditional religions.
    • The pre-modernist perspective suggests that each religion has secularized in its own distinctive way, resulting in its own distinctive secular outcome.
    • World religions are the five largest and most internationally widespread religious movements: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
    • Christianity is the largest of the world's religions, with more than two billion believers and three major groups: the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox churches, and Protestant churches.
    • Islam is a major world religion promulgated by the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century CE, characterized by the belief in one God and the surrender to Allah's will.
    • The Five Pillars of Islam include the profession of faith, prayer, alms tax, fasting, and pilgrimage to Mecca.
    • Judaism is a monotheistic religion developed among the ancient Hebrews, characterized by the belief in one transcendent God who revealed himself to the Jewish prophets and a religious life in accordance with Scriptures and rabbinic traditions.
    • The "Big Five" religions are often listed in an "Abrahamocentric order," placing the largest three Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) before the non-Abrahamic religions (Hinduism and Buddhism).
    • Religion is a personal and institutionalized set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices that express people's relationship with the holy, sacred, divine, or worthy of especial reverence and deal with ultimate concerns about their lives and fate after death.

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    Test your knowledge on the historical relationship between globalization and media with this informative quiz. From the ancient origins of human speech to the modern era of digital media, explore the ways in which media has shaped and transformed our world. Discover the impact of technologies such as the printing press, television, and the internet, and learn how they have influenced cultural practices, identities, and boundaries. This quiz will challenge you to think critically about the intersection of media and globalization, and deepen your understanding of this complex and fascinating

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