Globalization Concepts and Issues

Globalization and Cultural Identity

• The process of the world becoming more connected socially, politically, and economically is known as globalization.

Cultural Diversity and Identity

• The term for an inclusive approach that allows religious or ethnic groups to maintain their distinctive cultures within mainstream society is multiculturalism.
• The process through which unique cultures regain a sense of identity through the promotion and teaching of traditions and customs is called cultural revitalization.
• The term for the absorption of a minority group by a dominant group is assimilation.

Media and Communication

• The blending of media and communication technologies resulting in new modes of communication and cross-cultural consumption is known as media convergence.
• The process by which previously separate media technologies are brought together by digitization and computer networks is called media convergence.

Cultural Change and Exchange

• The term for change as a result of contact with other cultural groups is acculturation.
• Contact between people with different cultures usually leading to change in both systems is known as cross-cultural diffusion.
• An association between peoples that intentionally benefits one people over others is called imperialism.

Economic Systems

• The economic system designed to increase a monarch's wealth and have more exports than imports is known as mercantilism.
• The process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing is called industrialization.
• The process by which individuals operate through a system of mutual interdependence in a free market economy is called laissez-faire economics.

Cultural Protection and Promotion

• The tendency to value American culture over local culture is known as cultural imperialism.
• Protecting, celebrating, and promoting collective identity by working to carve out a space in a society where identity, language, and culture are protected is called cultural nationalism.