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Schedule: GPS 21: last lecture for midterm Space Tourism 23: midterm exams 28-30: film viewing Leapfrogging Developing nations bypassing...

Schedule: GPS 21: last lecture for midterm Space Tourism 23: midterm exams 28-30: film viewing Leapfrogging Developing nations bypassing earlier Assignment: top 5 filipino movies technologies and adopting more - 100 tula para kay stella advanced technologies - Gomburza Global technological changes can - Moron 5 and the crying lady occur erratically and irregularity - Anak (2000) - Rory B. Quintos Instead of technology flowing - Magnifico (2003) smoothly from one country and High tech global flows and structures: another, often times it “hops” over Transportation some areas 1956 - container ships Problem is that it can’t be fully 1970 - boeing 747; air freight utilized Founding of FEDEX, enhanced the speed of goods transportation Media imperialism 1974 - Universal Product Code (UPC): Sub category under cultural easier tracking of products in inventory imperialism (barcodes) Western media and technologies have dominated less developed Technology nations and their cultures 1970’s - Personal computers EXAMPLES: 1990’s - Internet (rise of social media, Television programs in the US yahoo messenger, friendster, snapchat) (friends, big bang theory) Movies from Hollywood Medical technologies Books by American Authors Technology in healthcare has Media conglomerates such as Fox improved and Time Warner Japan, carebots are becoming more popular (used to support the elderly) Tesla released the most advanced robots in (oct 14 2024) To kill a mocking bird - Harper Lee (woman) Spacex launched a rocket to space Dan Brown - robert langdon novels and went back to catch it when it Davinci Code landed (oct 15?) Angels and Demons New healthcare technologies (MRI, Lost Symbol CAT scans) Nicholar Charles Sparks - 23 published Concentrated in Developed novels Countries Zane collins Space-Based Technologies US has dominated this field Mostly for military uses Is western media still as powerful today as they were in the past? While they are still popular, emerging views suggest that Western media's power has diminished due to the rise of alternative global media (bollywood) The expansion of the Internet has also diversified media sources. Bollywood Aamir khan Hallyu-kdrama Japanese Media Rise of local and regional media Expansion of the internet as a source of highly diverse media of all sorts Internet One of several digital technologies that have profound effect on globalization Other digital technologiesinclue computer, chips, semiconductor processes, CD’s and DVD’s Created in 1990’s Online social netwroking FB, Twitter, Myspace Involves communication, netwrok, and friendship networks Other issues Spam Virus