GLOBALIZATION (definitions)

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TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY

Immigrant: Person coming into another country

Emigrant: Person leaving a country

Asylum seeker: A person who fled their country because of a well founded fear of being persecuted due to race, religion, class, or political opinion. (Economic hardship doesn't count).

Illegal immigrant: A person who moves into another country without the country's approval. Often these people will take any job they can find and are often exploited.

Migrant worker: A worker who temporarily moves from one place to another to work for a short period of time. These people often work in low skilled jobs.

Pandemic: Larger than anticipated spread of infectious disease. Pandemics often spread across political borders.

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COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY

Digital divide: Separation between those with access to useful, relevant media and those without.

Techno-isolation: Becoming so immersed in technology that one is isolated from the real world. *Different from digital divide!*

Media convergence: Combining of traditionally separate mediums into one.

Media concentration: Combining different media companies into one.

Bias: A prejudice for or against something. Bias can occur naturally in news because of placement or the inclusion of pictures and information.

Propaganda: Intentionally created bias.

Digital footprint: What you leave behind on the internet.

CNN Effect: The theory that constant exposure to the same message will influence people, who in turn influence the government. In other words, the media can indirectly influence government.

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GLOBALIZATION AND IDENTITY

Collective: A group that has a common interest or goal

Individual identity: The sum of all the parts of a person that makes them unique and who they are.

Collective identity: A group's identifiable characteristics that unify members.

Collective traditions: Routines that a group purposefully choose to do. They provide a sense of belonging.

Individual traditions: Routines that an individual purposefully chooses to do on their own.

Slang: Informal language used by a collective, outsiders may not understand.

Jargon: Slang used by a professional group.

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GLOBALIZATION AND CULTURE

Pop culture: Short for popular culture; means the culture of the people. This includes current cultural trends, and are values shared by large segments of society that is spread by mass media.

Universalization of pop culture: Worldwide trends common in music, clothing, and entertainment.

Hybridization of pop culture: Combines elements of pop culture of one nation with those of another to help it be more appealing to those of a different culture.

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OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION TO IDENTITIES AND CULTURE

Affirmation of Identity: With access to global information, individuals are able to understand their background and assert it.

Integration: Fitting into another culture without losing your own.

Marginalization: A process whereby one culture undermines another smaller culture. In doing so, some may feel pushed to the edges, or margins, of society.

Acculturation: Cultural changes that occur when 2 cultures adopt to each other's world views. The end result is a new, unique culture based on the inputs of both.

Assimilation: A process when a weaker culture, or elements of it, are overtaken by a more dominant one. The end result is the dominant culture replacing the weaker one.

Accommodation: A process that involves a culture making adaptations for another. The end result is small changes to one or both cultures while still maintaining their original identity.

Homogenization: The end result of cultures merging, completely void of cultural differences.

Cultural revitalization: An initiative to affirm, promote, and protect cultural identity.

Cultural content legislation: Laws that help protect a nation's identity from being overwhelmed by a more dominant culture.

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GLOBALIZATION AND LANGUAGE

Loss of identity: Language transmits culture, it is how we differentiate ourselves.

Loss of knowledge: Many languages do not have written form, so information about things like traditional herbal remedies cannot be passed down, it is lost.

Loss of cultural insight: Words shape how we see the world, therefore different languages give us different perspectives.

Linguistic revitalization: There are a variety of initiatives in place to affirm, promote, and protect languages.

Language laws: Many nations have laws preserving their languages from being influenced by more native global languages, such as English.

Linguistic rights: Rights that protect language minorities from discrimination.

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