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· This article discusses the skepticism over free trade and the results for American workers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/04/opinion/sunday/our-misplaced-faith-in-freetrade.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3As%2C%7B%221%22%3A%22RI%3A8%22%7D&_r=0
· A list of reviews of Thomas Piketty’s New Thoughts on Capital in the Twenty-First Century video. http://equitablegrowth.org/2014/03/25/dialogue-ten-so-far-worthwhile-reviews-of-and-reflections-on-thomas-pikettys-capital-in-the-twenty-first-century-wednesday-focus-march-26-2014/
· A video by Thomas Piketty discussing his formula for economic inequality, an existing, worsening condition with radical possible impacts. http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_piketty_new_thoughts_on_capital_in_the_twenty_first_century?language=en
Module Four
In this module, we focus on the evolution of the global and virtual (Web-based) societies of the twenty-first century. We begin by defining globalization—what it is and how it has developed through the increased sophistication of telecommunications and large, international financial systems. We then explore the individual's role in global society, and how roles in poor societies differ from those in rich societies. For example, we'll explore how the physical distance between these societies affects individuals' feelings of responsibility and involvement.
We will then investigate a new and growing society that is essentially built on physical distance—the virtual society of the Internet. In our explorations we consider two important questions: How do we interact as individuals in a Web-based society, and how can our knowledge of sociology help us to understand this world better?
Module 4
Module 4: The Individual in the Global Society
Topics
What Is Society?
Globalization and the Chasm between the Rich and Poor
The Individual in the Cyber-World
The Presentation of Self on the Internet
What Is Society?
The very definition or perception of society has changed over the last century, as its elements and functions have changed. One hundred years ago, few individuals left the community in which they were raised. Experiences in other countries, even cities, were read about in novels or discussed as tall tales and exciting adventures by those who had the rare experience of travel.
As the twentieth century wore on, jet travel and telecommunications expanded the community we all live in. We became quite familiar with the experiences of those outside of our hometown, first through motion pictures and television and then through the Internet. Cultural experiences were delivered to us through these media and broadened our view of the world and our global society, but these are virtual—not personal—experiences.
Virtual living through the media has become more common in the last decade, and much of our knowledge and many of our experiences are influenced by this virtual world: It influences how we define our identities, develop our opinions, and exercise ...
Globalization, or a series of changes leading to a greater interdependence and integration of the world socially, economically, politically, and culturally, is an ongoing process that commenced centuries before with communication and trade between ancient civilizations, it was only in recent years that globalization became a revolutionary process fundamentally changing the way people live and interact with the rest of the world. The invention of the Internet by Tim Berners-Lee, coupled with cutting-edge transportation technology, paved the way for a greater degree of integration of the world than ever before
IV. Wiener Konferenz für Mediation 2006
"CULTURE MEETS CULTURE II"
Das »neue« Unbehagen in der Kultur
Termin: Freitag, 05.Mai 2006, 09.00-9.50
Pais Shobha (USA), Director of Behavioral Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at Indiana University, USA, doctoral degree in family therapy from Purdue University, USA
Video unter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghuKoVJDsEo&feature=c4-overview&list=UUgkcVo5EEx9z4rkoi2Vg9cw
Global Engagement in an Interconnected WorldSummarized from a p.docxwhittemorelucilla
Global Engagement in an Interconnected World
*Summarized from a paper by the same title, authored by Dr. John Lee, Associate Professor of Social Studies, N.C. State University
Introduction
A mother sits with her son at a computer. Music fills the room as stylishly dressed kids dance on a computer screen. The scene is a house in the Western African country of Senegal where an encouraging mother is watching a music video with her son and offering her opinion of her son’s favorite new musical group, Rania. The group is from South Korea and is part of a music phenomenon called Korean Pop (or K-Pop) that fuses electronic, hip hop, rock and R&B musical forms. The young man made a video of his mother’s opinion of the group and put it on YouTube. A South Korean musical group, singing music online that emerged in black American culture, is being shared by an African boy on a global commercial video sharing network. How did we get to this point and what are the implications of this interconnected and overlapping world for this young man’s future and the future of young people in the United States?
A certain vision of the future is already here, although unevenly represented around the world. This future is cross-cultural and supported by a global economic system of multinational interests delivered through a decentralized communications network. Young people today are growing up in an interconnected world with access to information through a wide variety of mediums and devices that support the exchange of ideas and opinions. Given that these systems for communication are in constant flux and are being rapidly developed, children must prepare for a future that will look different than the world of their parents.
Trends in Youth Global Engagement
There are six trends that will shape the global engagement of Generation Z over the next decade. Each of them is outlined below.
Trend #1 – The Emergence of an Online Global Identity
Online social networks connect people and create avenues for extending our identity. Identity is connected to our physical being, but increasingly young people are crafting online identities using social networks. Manuel Castells describes this phenomenon in his recent trilogy The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture. Castells argues that the organization of global economics, political and social institutions prompts individuals to create meaning in their lives through collective action. This explains why networks such as Facebook have become so popular (500 million active users), so fast (Facebook went online in 2004). The attraction of Facebook is the human interaction and collective action that it facilitates. The technology is much less important than the human activities that the technologies enable. In fact, actual interfaces such as Facebook come and go rather quickly (e.g. AOL and MySpace, both with explosive growth and quick declines). These global networks allow people to be free of their “other” identities - ...
Globalization, or a series of changes leading to a greater interdependence and integration of the world socially, economically, politically, and culturally, is an ongoing process that commenced centuries before with communication and trade between ancient civilizations, it was only in recent years that globalization became a revolutionary process fundamentally changing the way people live and interact with the rest of the world. The invention of the Internet by Tim Berners-Lee, coupled with cutting-edge transportation technology, paved the way for a greater degree of integration of the world than ever before
IV. Wiener Konferenz für Mediation 2006
"CULTURE MEETS CULTURE II"
Das »neue« Unbehagen in der Kultur
Termin: Freitag, 05.Mai 2006, 09.00-9.50
Pais Shobha (USA), Director of Behavioral Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at Indiana University, USA, doctoral degree in family therapy from Purdue University, USA
Video unter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghuKoVJDsEo&feature=c4-overview&list=UUgkcVo5EEx9z4rkoi2Vg9cw
Global Engagement in an Interconnected WorldSummarized from a p.docxwhittemorelucilla
Global Engagement in an Interconnected World
*Summarized from a paper by the same title, authored by Dr. John Lee, Associate Professor of Social Studies, N.C. State University
Introduction
A mother sits with her son at a computer. Music fills the room as stylishly dressed kids dance on a computer screen. The scene is a house in the Western African country of Senegal where an encouraging mother is watching a music video with her son and offering her opinion of her son’s favorite new musical group, Rania. The group is from South Korea and is part of a music phenomenon called Korean Pop (or K-Pop) that fuses electronic, hip hop, rock and R&B musical forms. The young man made a video of his mother’s opinion of the group and put it on YouTube. A South Korean musical group, singing music online that emerged in black American culture, is being shared by an African boy on a global commercial video sharing network. How did we get to this point and what are the implications of this interconnected and overlapping world for this young man’s future and the future of young people in the United States?
A certain vision of the future is already here, although unevenly represented around the world. This future is cross-cultural and supported by a global economic system of multinational interests delivered through a decentralized communications network. Young people today are growing up in an interconnected world with access to information through a wide variety of mediums and devices that support the exchange of ideas and opinions. Given that these systems for communication are in constant flux and are being rapidly developed, children must prepare for a future that will look different than the world of their parents.
Trends in Youth Global Engagement
There are six trends that will shape the global engagement of Generation Z over the next decade. Each of them is outlined below.
Trend #1 – The Emergence of an Online Global Identity
Online social networks connect people and create avenues for extending our identity. Identity is connected to our physical being, but increasingly young people are crafting online identities using social networks. Manuel Castells describes this phenomenon in his recent trilogy The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture. Castells argues that the organization of global economics, political and social institutions prompts individuals to create meaning in their lives through collective action. This explains why networks such as Facebook have become so popular (500 million active users), so fast (Facebook went online in 2004). The attraction of Facebook is the human interaction and collective action that it facilitates. The technology is much less important than the human activities that the technologies enable. In fact, actual interfaces such as Facebook come and go rather quickly (e.g. AOL and MySpace, both with explosive growth and quick declines). These global networks allow people to be free of their “other” identities - ...
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For your Paper, you will have to answer two sets of questions (y.docxshericehewat
For your Paper, you will have to answer two sets of questions (you must answer both):
(1)Among all the topics we talked about this quarter (i.e. student loan debt, poverty, homelessness, addiction, etc.) which one was most interesting to you? Why?
(2)What social problems topic would you like to see added to a future iteration of this class? In what ways is the topic you have identified both a personal trouble and public issue?
Please produce a written response that answers both sets of questions. Your written responses must be between 500-600 words.
pre-requisite:Most Interesting in the topic of inequality than others(like i.e. student loan debt, poverty, homelessness, addiction). This is my inequality paper before, talking around inequality, and have same basic understanding as my previous paper, but don’t copy it PLZ. Thanks!
For Inequality
“ In "The 1 percent's Problem" and "The Pitchforks are Coming" various arguments are presented which situate socioeconomic inequality as a social problem. Focus on 1-2 of the arguments from the readings that you personally find most compelling (for example, "the fairness problem"). Briefly outline these arguments and evaluate them. Are these valid reasons for why inequality matters? Why or why not? ”
“The 1 Percent’s Problem” contains extensive arguments shedding light socioeconomic inequality as a social problem. The consumption problem springs up as a result of a widening gap between rich and poor. It is profound that too much power possessed by one interest group helps them to formulate the policies that will help them in the short run, rather than helping the entire society in the long run. The American tax policy, public investment and regulatory policy are all result of a persistent gap between the two classes. The effects of channeling the wealth and income in one direction only are easy to discern on household expenditure which is the backbone of the American economy. When too much money is accumulated by the upper strata of society the spending of the average American abate. The flow of money from the bottom to the top reduced the consumption, as the high-income group spends money on consumption with respect to their income, lower than the lower income group.
The consumption lowers when inequality rises because lower-income individuals do not have enough money to spend. In addition, lower income individuals are more than high-income individuals. In terms of economics, the relationship is simple. As the high-income group accumulates more and more money the aggregate demand goes down. The total demand in the economy goes down despite its high capability of supplying. As a result, the unemployment increases which damp the demand even more. The purchasing power decreases with the less money supply among the lower income individuals which compel them to spend less. Thus, we could say that increasing income inequality decreased the overall consumption of the economy.
Another economic jargon is ren ...
Bounds for the P value(c) what Conclusions can you draw abo.docxhartrobert670
Bounds for the P value?
(c) what Conclusions can you draw about differences in the factor level means?
1035
Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice
Volume 4(2), 2012, pp. 1035–1040, ISSN 1948-9137
Views on the Process of Globalization
and its Effects on Human Beings
Oana GĂLĂŢEANU
[email protected]
Dunărea de Jos University, Galatzi
ABSTRACT. Today we live in so-called “era of globalization.” More we talk about
it, more concerned we become, but nevertheless, there is no universal definition
assigned to this accepted phenomenon. This is due, perhaps, to the fact that global-
ization comprises an extensive range of complex processes occurring in different
areas of contemporary society. Specifically, globalization is the term currently used
to describe those changes recorded in companies of world’s economy, changes
arising from the large increase of international trade and exchanges taking place.
However, globalization displays increasing trade and investment following the dis-
appearance barriers and the interdependence between states. As a result of this
globalization, the world in critical areas has turned into a unique social system,
precisely through the development of those ties of interdependence between states,
which each of us affects us. Referring to globalization is often used in economic
and, almost exclusively, is considering trade, free trade and labor market liberal-
ization. It is true that globalization is achieved by a real link between multi-national
states on plans not only the economic, which include communication and exchange
of information and activity in various fields research and no less true that the
mastery of information is increasingly needed in the competition taking place to rule
territories and possession and exploitation of raw materials and labor. But, we ask
how real is the information we receive and how much it helps us evolve culturally
and spiritually, if we really helps each one of us who are witnessing and without
right of choice involved in this process of globalization, the globalization of society
in which we live? The study presents the views of the author on the effects of
globalization on men and women development as being endowed with intellect,
views that give a negative answer to the question above mentioned, according to
which, as a result of globalization, humans get to live only for the production and
consumption in a state of constant manipulation by those who hold real information,
and default, the power.
Keywords: globalization, global knowledge, human resources
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Globalization represents the modern term used in order to describe the
changes that take place within societies and in the world economy that
results from the growing international trade and from the cultural exchanges
that take place. This term describes trade’s and i ...
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1. Discuss the organization and the family role in every one of the.docxcroysierkathey
1. Discuss the organization and the family role in every one of the heritages mentioned about and how they affect (positively or negatively) the delivery of health care.
2. Identify sociocultural variables within the Irish, Italian and Puerto Rican heritage and mention some examples.
References must be no older than 5 years. A minimum of 700 words is required.
.
1. Compare and contrast DEmilios Capitalism and Gay Identity .docxcroysierkathey
1. Compare and contrast D'Emilio's
Capitalism and Gay Identity
with the
From Mary to Modern Woman
reading. What patterns do you see that are similar to the modern American society? What can be said about global notions of gender in the modern age? Feel free to invoke Foucault.
2. How is the writer's experience important in the story being told in
Middlesex
? Describe your reaction to the reading and invoke some of the concepts discussed in the
Queer Theory
reading to try to make sense of sexuality when it does not match your own conventions. Compare both readings, but go deeper to explore your own stereotypes and socialization.
**PLEASE READ THE READINGS IN ODER TO DO THIS ASSIGNMENT.
.
1.Purpose the purpose of this essay is to spread awareness .docxcroysierkathey
1.
Purpose: the purpose of this essay is to spread awareness around stereotyping and how it can be very hurtful to some people.
2.
Audience: Anyone that uses stereotypical jokes or saying around people that are different than them even without realizing that they are making a stereotypical joke or statement.
3.
Genre: the genre that I will be trying to reach out to in this essay will be informational, reason being is that I mainly look at informational online documentaries and stories.
4.
Stance and tone: I’m just a young man who grew up around a lot of people from different places and have different cultures and never paid attention in my younger years to what was happening from stereotyping others that they are different till recently.
5.
Graphic design
: My essay will be a strict academic essay
.
1. Tell us why it is your favorite film.2. Talk about the .docxcroysierkathey
1. Tell us why it is your favorite film.
2. Talk about the interconnection between the aesthetic and the technical aspects of the film. This should include at least seven of the following: Editing, Film Structure, Cinematography, Lighting, Colors, Screenwriting, Special effects, Sound and Music.
3. After this course, will you see you favorite film in a different light? Why or why not?
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1.What are the main issues facing Fargo and Town Manager Susan.docxcroysierkathey
1.What are the main issues facing Fargo and Town Manager Susan Harlow?
Fargo and Town Manager Harlow are on a slippery slope to corruption. I think that Harlow is handling her position the correct way by trying to remain neutral and sticking to a code of ethics so the problem really comes down to the political actors in the town. It is good that Harlow declined the invite to the dinner party, and cracked down on employees playing politics at work, that is a step in the right direction to removing the possibility of political corruption.
2.What is the basis for your answer to question #1?
At the end of the article Harlow remembers another city manager saying “you never have more authority than the day you walk into your office” What I get from that, and what I think Harlow got from that is that when you come into a position as a public manager everyone is going to want something from you. Political actors are going to want political favors, quid pro quos, you have something that everyone else wants and they are going to try and get that from you.
3.What are your recommended solutions to the problems you identified?
I think the best thing to do would be to continue to try to remain neutral. It will always be impossible to please absolutely everybody so the best thing to do is try to avoid doing everything everyone asks and stick to some sort of code of ethics.
4.What points do you agree, disagree or want further discussion from your fellow classmates and why? (tell them not me)
I think the overarching theme of this article is that people are going to want things from the government. I agree with Harlow's steps to avoid political corruption in her administration by cracking down on political favors with the snow plows and referring to the ICMA code of ethics.
.
1.Writing Practice in Reading a PhotographAttached Files.docxcroysierkathey
1.
Writing: Practice in Reading a Photograph
Attached Files:
Bachman, Ieshia Evans, Baton Rouge (2016).jpg
(277.283 KB)
For this assignment, you will practice analyzing how various rhetorical elements contribute to the overall meaning of a visual image--in this case, a photograph. To begin, click on the attached image.
By way of some context, this photo was taken in 2016 at a protest rally in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The woman in the photo is named Ieshia Evans. The photographer is named Jonathan Bachman. Bachman's photo, which was first published by Reuters, was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2017. You can use this information to do more research on the image, if you like.
Now, review once again the Elements and Methods of Visual Rhetoric document and select from it
three
elements that you wish to discuss in relation to this photo. Please note that this is not a formal essay assignment, so do not treat it as such. For example, you do not need to create a formal introduction.
Begin by simply providing an
interpretive claim
--i.e., stating what you believe is the meaning or message of Bachman's photo. Ideally, this should be just
one
sentence (tho you can write two if necessary). After that, your document simply needs to contain
three paragraphs
, one for each rhetorical element you have selected. In each paragraph, you need to explain fully how the particular element contributes to the overall meaning or message of the image.
Note: Your assignment must be submitted as an attached .doc or .docx file. Name your file correctly, using your last name and brief description of assignment (e.g., Martinez, Photograph.docx).
2.
DB: Interpreting Political Ads
In this discussion board, you will be discussing and interpreting a recent political ad entitled "Mourning in America," which was produced by The Lincoln Project, a political action committee (PAC). If you are not familiar with the group, take a moment to research it, as that context will add to your understanding and interpretation. You can
click here
to view the ad.
As you watch "Mourning in America", think carefully about how this political advertisement compares and contrasts with Ronald Reagan's "Morning in America" ad, in terms of its rhetorical methods as well as its overall message. You will be asked to comment on
three
specific rhetorical elements, so decide which ones stand out most to you and take careful notes on those to prepare for the discussion.
When you are ready, click the link above to enter the Discussion Board, and then follow the instructions in the first thread posted in this forum for responding to this material.
Questions:-
Mourning in America
COLLAPSE
Your task here is to share with your peers your ideas on how
three
specific rhetorical elements or your choosing are used in this ad to make its appeal to an audience and to convey a message.
1. Identity the three rhetorical elements that you have selected and then
explain
how each .
1.Some say that analytics in general dehumanize managerial activitie.docxcroysierkathey
1.Some say that analytics in general dehumanize managerial activities, and others say they do not. Discuss arguments for both points of view.
2.What are some of the major privacy concerns in employing intelligent systems on mobile data?
3. Identify some cases of violations of user privacy from current literature and their impact on data science as a profession.
4.Search the Internet to find examples of how intelligent systems can facilitate activities such as empowerment, mass customization, and teamwork.
Note: Each question must be answered in 5 lines and refrences must be APA cited.
.
1.What is the psychological term for the symptoms James experiences .docxcroysierkathey
1.What is the psychological term for the symptoms James experiences after abstaining from consuming
alcohol? How do changes in the functioning of neurotransmitter systems produce these symptoms?
2.With reference to associative learning principles/models/theories, why does James consume alcohol
to alleviate these symptoms? What motivates his drinking behaviour given that he no longer enjoys this
activity (most of the time)?
3.How do these factors prevent James from quitting his drinking, and lead to a cycle of relapse when he
attempts to do so? Why are these processes important for our understanding of addiction and
substance use disorders.
1 Page
at least 3 sources
APA
.
1.Write at least 500 words discussing the benefits of using R with H.docxcroysierkathey
1.Write at least 500 words discussing the benefits of using R with Hadoop. Use APA format and Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosed in quotation marks.
2.Write at least 500 words discussing how insurance companies use text mining to reduce fraud. Use APA format and Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosed in quotation marks.
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1.What is Starbucks’ ROA for 2012, 2011, and 2010 Why might focusin.docxcroysierkathey
1.What is Starbucks’ ROA for 2012, 2011, and 2010? Why might focusing specifically on ROA be misleading when assessing asset management (aka management efficiency)?
2.Why is ROE considered the most useful metric in measuring the overall ability of a business strategy to generate returns for shareholders?
3. How do the financial statements reveal company strategy (i.e., what story do the numbers tell and does that story align with the strategy of Starbucks?)?
.
1. Discuss the cultural development of the Japanese and the Jewis.docxcroysierkathey
1. Discuss the cultural development of the Japanese and the Jewish heritage.
2. What are the cultural beliefs of the Japanese and Jewish heritage related to health care and how they influence the delivery of evidence-based healthcare?
A minimum of 2 evidence-based references
no older than 5 years is required.
A minimum of 600 words
(excluding the first and references page) is required.
.
1. Discuss at least 2 contextual factors(family, peers, school,.docxcroysierkathey
1.
Discuss at least 2 contextual factors(family, peers, school, community, work, etc.) that might make young people more or less likely to experience adolescence as a period of storm and stress.
2. How might the dramatic physical changes that adolescents undergo—and the accompanying reactions from others—influence other aspects of development, such as social or emotional development?
3. Describe some ways in which adolescent decision making is a product of interactions among puberty, brain development, cognitive growth, and contextual influences such as parents, peers, and community.
.
1.Write at least 500 words in APA format discussing how to use senti.docxcroysierkathey
1.Write at least 500 words in APA format discussing how to use sentiment analysis how political speech affects voters. Use at least 3 references in APA format.
2.Read the below article(link below) on statistics for categorical variables. Write at least 500 words in APA format discussing how to use these statistics to help understand big data.
Link: https://uc-r.github.io/descriptives_categorical
.
1.The following clause was added to the Food and Drug Actthe S.docxcroysierkathey
1.The following clause was added to the Food and Drug Act:
“the Secretary [of the Food and Drug Administration] shall not approve for use in food any chemical additive found to induce cancer in man, or, after tests, found to induce cancer in animals.”
After this clause was adopted, no new additives could be approved for use in food if they caused cancer in people or animals.
The public loved this and industry hated it.
What do you think of this clause? Do you support it or do you oppose it?
At the top of your post, please indicate SUPPORT or OPPOSE and then give your rationale. Then after you can view your classmates' posts, make your case to your fellow students.
2.There was a law that individuals who were indigent and who wished to litigate could apply to the courts for a total waiver of the normal filing fee. In the legislative session, however, a statute was enacted which limits the courts' authority to waive filing fees in lawsuits brought by prisoners against the state government.
Under this new law, a court has to require the prisoner to pay a filing fee "equal to 20 percent ... of the average monthly deposits made to the prisoner's [prison] account ... or the average balance in that account", whichever is greater (unless this calculation yields a figure larger than the normal filing fee).
A prisoner (who was indigent) wanted to appeal his case and was to be charged this fee. He filed suit claiming it was unconstitutional to charge this fee to prisoners.
Choose the side of the prisoner or the side of the state and tell why you would rule for the side you chose.
At the top of your post, please indicate SUPPORT PRISONER or OPPOSE PRISONER and then give your rationale. After you can view your classmates' posts, make your case to your fellow students.
3.A defendant pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography and was sentenced to 108 months in prison. The sentencing judge raised the defendant’s base offense level….by two levels because "a computer was used for the transmission" of the illegal material.
The appeal filed challenged the punishment enhancement (not his guilt of the base punishment.)
The defendant argued the law did not apply to him because he did not use a computer to transmit the material. (ie He was the receiver, not the sender, of the child pornography.)
Do you believe that the sentence enhancement should be upheld? Give an economic analysis and rational for your choice.
At the top of your post, please indicate SENTENCE UPHELD or SENTENCE REVERSED and then give your economic analysis/rationale. After you can view your classmates' posts, make your case to your fellow students.
4.The ordinance was enacted that gives tenants more legal rights including:
the payment of interest on security deposits;
requires that those deposits be held in Illinois banks;
allows (with some limitations) a tenant to withhold rent in an amount reflecting the cost to him of the landlord's v.
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Volume 4(2), 2012, pp. 1035–1040, ISSN 1948-9137
Views on the Process of Globalization
and its Effects on Human Beings
Oana GĂLĂŢEANU
[email protected]
Dunărea de Jos University, Galatzi
ABSTRACT. Today we live in so-called “era of globalization.” More we talk about
it, more concerned we become, but nevertheless, there is no universal definition
assigned to this accepted phenomenon. This is due, perhaps, to the fact that global-
ization comprises an extensive range of complex processes occurring in different
areas of contemporary society. Specifically, globalization is the term currently used
to describe those changes recorded in companies of world’s economy, changes
arising from the large increase of international trade and exchanges taking place.
However, globalization displays increasing trade and investment following the dis-
appearance barriers and the interdependence between states. As a result of this
globalization, the world in critical areas has turned into a unique social system,
precisely through the development of those ties of interdependence between states,
which each of us affects us. Referring to globalization is often used in economic
and, almost exclusively, is considering trade, free trade and labor market liberal-
ization. It is true that globalization is achieved by a real link between multi-national
states on plans not only the economic, which include communication and exchange
of information and activity in various fields research and no less true that the
mastery of information is increasingly needed in the competition taking place to rule
territories and possession and exploitation of raw materials and labor. But, we ask
how real is the information we receive and how much it helps us evolve culturally
and spiritually, if we really helps each one of us who are witnessing and without
right of choice involved in this process of globalization, the globalization of society
in which we live? The study presents the views of the author on the effects of
globalization on men and women development as being endowed with intellect,
views that give a negative answer to the question above mentioned, according to
which, as a result of globalization, humans get to live only for the production and
consumption in a state of constant manipulation by those who hold real information,
and default, the power.
Keywords: globalization, global knowledge, human resources
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results from the growing international trade and from the cultural exchanges
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1. Discuss the organization and the family role in every one of the heritages mentioned about and how they affect (positively or negatively) the delivery of health care.
2. Identify sociocultural variables within the Irish, Italian and Puerto Rican heritage and mention some examples.
References must be no older than 5 years. A minimum of 700 words is required.
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1. Compare and contrast D'Emilio's
Capitalism and Gay Identity
with the
From Mary to Modern Woman
reading. What patterns do you see that are similar to the modern American society? What can be said about global notions of gender in the modern age? Feel free to invoke Foucault.
2. How is the writer's experience important in the story being told in
Middlesex
? Describe your reaction to the reading and invoke some of the concepts discussed in the
Queer Theory
reading to try to make sense of sexuality when it does not match your own conventions. Compare both readings, but go deeper to explore your own stereotypes and socialization.
**PLEASE READ THE READINGS IN ODER TO DO THIS ASSIGNMENT.
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Purpose: the purpose of this essay is to spread awareness around stereotyping and how it can be very hurtful to some people.
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Audience: Anyone that uses stereotypical jokes or saying around people that are different than them even without realizing that they are making a stereotypical joke or statement.
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Genre: the genre that I will be trying to reach out to in this essay will be informational, reason being is that I mainly look at informational online documentaries and stories.
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Stance and tone: I’m just a young man who grew up around a lot of people from different places and have different cultures and never paid attention in my younger years to what was happening from stereotyping others that they are different till recently.
5.
Graphic design
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1. Tell us why it is your favorite film.
2. Talk about the interconnection between the aesthetic and the technical aspects of the film. This should include at least seven of the following: Editing, Film Structure, Cinematography, Lighting, Colors, Screenwriting, Special effects, Sound and Music.
3. After this course, will you see you favorite film in a different light? Why or why not?
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1.What are the main issues facing Fargo and Town Manager Susan.docxcroysierkathey
1.What are the main issues facing Fargo and Town Manager Susan Harlow?
Fargo and Town Manager Harlow are on a slippery slope to corruption. I think that Harlow is handling her position the correct way by trying to remain neutral and sticking to a code of ethics so the problem really comes down to the political actors in the town. It is good that Harlow declined the invite to the dinner party, and cracked down on employees playing politics at work, that is a step in the right direction to removing the possibility of political corruption.
2.What is the basis for your answer to question #1?
At the end of the article Harlow remembers another city manager saying “you never have more authority than the day you walk into your office” What I get from that, and what I think Harlow got from that is that when you come into a position as a public manager everyone is going to want something from you. Political actors are going to want political favors, quid pro quos, you have something that everyone else wants and they are going to try and get that from you.
3.What are your recommended solutions to the problems you identified?
I think the best thing to do would be to continue to try to remain neutral. It will always be impossible to please absolutely everybody so the best thing to do is try to avoid doing everything everyone asks and stick to some sort of code of ethics.
4.What points do you agree, disagree or want further discussion from your fellow classmates and why? (tell them not me)
I think the overarching theme of this article is that people are going to want things from the government. I agree with Harlow's steps to avoid political corruption in her administration by cracking down on political favors with the snow plows and referring to the ICMA code of ethics.
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1.Writing Practice in Reading a PhotographAttached Files.docxcroysierkathey
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Writing: Practice in Reading a Photograph
Attached Files:
Bachman, Ieshia Evans, Baton Rouge (2016).jpg
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For this assignment, you will practice analyzing how various rhetorical elements contribute to the overall meaning of a visual image--in this case, a photograph. To begin, click on the attached image.
By way of some context, this photo was taken in 2016 at a protest rally in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The woman in the photo is named Ieshia Evans. The photographer is named Jonathan Bachman. Bachman's photo, which was first published by Reuters, was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2017. You can use this information to do more research on the image, if you like.
Now, review once again the Elements and Methods of Visual Rhetoric document and select from it
three
elements that you wish to discuss in relation to this photo. Please note that this is not a formal essay assignment, so do not treat it as such. For example, you do not need to create a formal introduction.
Begin by simply providing an
interpretive claim
--i.e., stating what you believe is the meaning or message of Bachman's photo. Ideally, this should be just
one
sentence (tho you can write two if necessary). After that, your document simply needs to contain
three paragraphs
, one for each rhetorical element you have selected. In each paragraph, you need to explain fully how the particular element contributes to the overall meaning or message of the image.
Note: Your assignment must be submitted as an attached .doc or .docx file. Name your file correctly, using your last name and brief description of assignment (e.g., Martinez, Photograph.docx).
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DB: Interpreting Political Ads
In this discussion board, you will be discussing and interpreting a recent political ad entitled "Mourning in America," which was produced by The Lincoln Project, a political action committee (PAC). If you are not familiar with the group, take a moment to research it, as that context will add to your understanding and interpretation. You can
click here
to view the ad.
As you watch "Mourning in America", think carefully about how this political advertisement compares and contrasts with Ronald Reagan's "Morning in America" ad, in terms of its rhetorical methods as well as its overall message. You will be asked to comment on
three
specific rhetorical elements, so decide which ones stand out most to you and take careful notes on those to prepare for the discussion.
When you are ready, click the link above to enter the Discussion Board, and then follow the instructions in the first thread posted in this forum for responding to this material.
Questions:-
Mourning in America
COLLAPSE
Your task here is to share with your peers your ideas on how
three
specific rhetorical elements or your choosing are used in this ad to make its appeal to an audience and to convey a message.
1. Identity the three rhetorical elements that you have selected and then
explain
how each .
1.Some say that analytics in general dehumanize managerial activitie.docxcroysierkathey
1.Some say that analytics in general dehumanize managerial activities, and others say they do not. Discuss arguments for both points of view.
2.What are some of the major privacy concerns in employing intelligent systems on mobile data?
3. Identify some cases of violations of user privacy from current literature and their impact on data science as a profession.
4.Search the Internet to find examples of how intelligent systems can facilitate activities such as empowerment, mass customization, and teamwork.
Note: Each question must be answered in 5 lines and refrences must be APA cited.
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1.What is the psychological term for the symptoms James experiences .docxcroysierkathey
1.What is the psychological term for the symptoms James experiences after abstaining from consuming
alcohol? How do changes in the functioning of neurotransmitter systems produce these symptoms?
2.With reference to associative learning principles/models/theories, why does James consume alcohol
to alleviate these symptoms? What motivates his drinking behaviour given that he no longer enjoys this
activity (most of the time)?
3.How do these factors prevent James from quitting his drinking, and lead to a cycle of relapse when he
attempts to do so? Why are these processes important for our understanding of addiction and
substance use disorders.
1 Page
at least 3 sources
APA
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1.Write at least 500 words discussing the benefits of using R with H.docxcroysierkathey
1.Write at least 500 words discussing the benefits of using R with Hadoop. Use APA format and Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosed in quotation marks.
2.Write at least 500 words discussing how insurance companies use text mining to reduce fraud. Use APA format and Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosed in quotation marks.
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1.What is Starbucks’ ROA for 2012, 2011, and 2010 Why might focusin.docxcroysierkathey
1.What is Starbucks’ ROA for 2012, 2011, and 2010? Why might focusing specifically on ROA be misleading when assessing asset management (aka management efficiency)?
2.Why is ROE considered the most useful metric in measuring the overall ability of a business strategy to generate returns for shareholders?
3. How do the financial statements reveal company strategy (i.e., what story do the numbers tell and does that story align with the strategy of Starbucks?)?
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1. Discuss the cultural development of the Japanese and the Jewis.docxcroysierkathey
1. Discuss the cultural development of the Japanese and the Jewish heritage.
2. What are the cultural beliefs of the Japanese and Jewish heritage related to health care and how they influence the delivery of evidence-based healthcare?
A minimum of 2 evidence-based references
no older than 5 years is required.
A minimum of 600 words
(excluding the first and references page) is required.
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1. Discuss at least 2 contextual factors(family, peers, school,.docxcroysierkathey
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Discuss at least 2 contextual factors(family, peers, school, community, work, etc.) that might make young people more or less likely to experience adolescence as a period of storm and stress.
2. How might the dramatic physical changes that adolescents undergo—and the accompanying reactions from others—influence other aspects of development, such as social or emotional development?
3. Describe some ways in which adolescent decision making is a product of interactions among puberty, brain development, cognitive growth, and contextual influences such as parents, peers, and community.
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1.Write at least 500 words in APA format discussing how to use senti.docxcroysierkathey
1.Write at least 500 words in APA format discussing how to use sentiment analysis how political speech affects voters. Use at least 3 references in APA format.
2.Read the below article(link below) on statistics for categorical variables. Write at least 500 words in APA format discussing how to use these statistics to help understand big data.
Link: https://uc-r.github.io/descriptives_categorical
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1.The following clause was added to the Food and Drug Actthe S.docxcroysierkathey
1.The following clause was added to the Food and Drug Act:
“the Secretary [of the Food and Drug Administration] shall not approve for use in food any chemical additive found to induce cancer in man, or, after tests, found to induce cancer in animals.”
After this clause was adopted, no new additives could be approved for use in food if they caused cancer in people or animals.
The public loved this and industry hated it.
What do you think of this clause? Do you support it or do you oppose it?
At the top of your post, please indicate SUPPORT or OPPOSE and then give your rationale. Then after you can view your classmates' posts, make your case to your fellow students.
2.There was a law that individuals who were indigent and who wished to litigate could apply to the courts for a total waiver of the normal filing fee. In the legislative session, however, a statute was enacted which limits the courts' authority to waive filing fees in lawsuits brought by prisoners against the state government.
Under this new law, a court has to require the prisoner to pay a filing fee "equal to 20 percent ... of the average monthly deposits made to the prisoner's [prison] account ... or the average balance in that account", whichever is greater (unless this calculation yields a figure larger than the normal filing fee).
A prisoner (who was indigent) wanted to appeal his case and was to be charged this fee. He filed suit claiming it was unconstitutional to charge this fee to prisoners.
Choose the side of the prisoner or the side of the state and tell why you would rule for the side you chose.
At the top of your post, please indicate SUPPORT PRISONER or OPPOSE PRISONER and then give your rationale. After you can view your classmates' posts, make your case to your fellow students.
3.A defendant pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography and was sentenced to 108 months in prison. The sentencing judge raised the defendant’s base offense level….by two levels because "a computer was used for the transmission" of the illegal material.
The appeal filed challenged the punishment enhancement (not his guilt of the base punishment.)
The defendant argued the law did not apply to him because he did not use a computer to transmit the material. (ie He was the receiver, not the sender, of the child pornography.)
Do you believe that the sentence enhancement should be upheld? Give an economic analysis and rational for your choice.
At the top of your post, please indicate SENTENCE UPHELD or SENTENCE REVERSED and then give your economic analysis/rationale. After you can view your classmates' posts, make your case to your fellow students.
4.The ordinance was enacted that gives tenants more legal rights including:
the payment of interest on security deposits;
requires that those deposits be held in Illinois banks;
allows (with some limitations) a tenant to withhold rent in an amount reflecting the cost to him of the landlord's v.
1.What are social determinants of health Explain how social determ.docxcroysierkathey
1.What are social determinants of health? Explain how social determinants of health contribute to the development of disease. Describe the fundamental idea that the communicable disease chain model is designed to represent. Give an example of the steps a nurse can take to break the link within the communicable disease chain.
Resources within your text covering international/global health, and the websites in the topic materials, will assist you in answering this discussion question.
2. Select a global health issue affecting the international health community. Briefly describe the global health issue and its impact on the larger public health care systems (i.e., continents, regions, countries, states, and health departments). Discuss how health care delivery systems work collaboratively to address global health concerns and some of the stakeholders that work on these issues.
Resources within your text covering international/global health, and the websites in the topic materials, will assist you in answering this discussion question.
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1.This week, we’ve been introduced to the humanities and have ta.docxcroysierkathey
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This week, we’ve been introduced to the humanities and have taken some time to consider the role of the humanities in establishing socio-cultural values, including how the humanities differ from the sciences in terms of offering unique lenses on the world and our reality. Since one of the greatest rewards of being a human is engaging with different forms of art, we’ve taken some time this week to learn about what it means to identify and respond to a work of art. We’ve learned about the difference between abstract ideas and concrete images and concepts like structure and artistic form. To help you deepen your understanding of these foundational ideas, your Unit 1 assignment will consist of writing an essay addressing using the following criteria:
Essay Requirements:
• 1,000 words or roughly four double-spaced pages.
• Make use of at least three scholarly sources to support and develop your ideas. Our course text may serve as one of these three sources.
• Your essay should demonstrate a thorough understanding of the READ and ATTEND sections.
• Be sure to cite your sources using proper APA format (7th edition).
Essay Prompt:
• In this essay, you will consider the meaning of art and artistic form by responding to these questions:
o To what extent does Kevin Carter’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph (figure 2-5) have artistic form?
o Using what you’ve learned in Chapters 1, 2 and 14 explain if you consider Carter’s photograph a work of art? Be sure to point to specific qualities of the photograph to support/develop your response.
o How do you measure the intensity of your experience in response to Carter’s photograph? What does it make you see/feel/imagine and how does your response/reaction support Carter’s image as a work of art?
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1.What are barriers to listening2.Communicators identif.docxcroysierkathey
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What are barriers to listening?
2.
Communicators identified the following as major listening poor habits. Search what each poor habit means and try to set an example using your own experience.
Poor listening habit:
Pseudo-listening, Stage hogging, Filling in gaps, Selective listening, Ambushing (
Definition & Example)
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1.Timeline description and details There are multiple way.docxcroysierkathey
1.
Timeline description and details
: There are multiple ways to construct a timeline. Find one that fits you and your information.
Include 10-15 events, each including the following descriptors:
- titles of books or writings or some sort of identifier
- your age or some time reference
- and whether it was a positive or negative experience
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1.The PresidentArticle II of the Constitution establishe.docxcroysierkathey
1.
The President
Article II of the Constitution established the institution of the presidency. Select any TWO Presidents prior to 1933 and any TWO Presidents since 1933 and for EACH one:
a.
Discuss
any
expressed
power used by each president and the
impact
that decision had on American society at the time of its use
b.
Explain
whether you
agree/disagree
with the presidential action taken and
WHY
c.
Describe
one
legislative initiative
promoted by each president and the
impact
on America at the
time of its passage
as well as what the impact of that legislation is
TODAY
d.
Discuss
one
executive order
issued by each president and whether you
agree/disagree
with the order and
WHY
1.
Select any FOUR United States Supreme court decisions related to Civil Rights/Civil Liberties and for
each one
:
a.
Describe
the facts of the case
b.
Discuss
the arguments of each side as it pertains to the
Constitutional issue
being addressed
c.
Explain
the decision citing
Constitutional rationale
of the court including any dissenting opinion if not a unanimous verdict
d.
Explain
whether you
agree/disagree
with the court’s decision and
WHY
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1.What other potential root causes might influence patient fal.docxcroysierkathey
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What other potential root causes might influence patient falls?
2.
Equipped with the data, what would you do about the hypotheses that proved to be unsupported?
3.
Based on the correctly identified hypothesis in the case scenario, what would be your course of action if you were the CEO/president of St. Xavier Memorial Hospital?
4.
What do you think of the CNO’s (Sara Mullins) position of “waiting and seeing what the data tells us” instead of immediately jumping to conclusions?
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2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
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The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
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Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
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Learning Resources· This article discusses the skepticism over.docx
1. Learning Resources
· This article discusses the skepticism over free trade and the
results for American workers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/04/opinion/sunday/our-
misplaced-faith-in-
freetrade.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3As%2C%
7B%221%22%3A%22RI%3A8%22%7D&_r=0
· A list of reviews of Thomas Piketty’s New Thoughts on
Capital in the Twenty-First Century video.
http://equitablegrowth.org/2014/03/25/dialogue-ten-so-far-
worthwhile-reviews-of-and-reflections-on-thomas-pikettys-
capital-in-the-twenty-first-century-wednesday-focus-march-26-
2014/
· A video by Thomas Piketty discussing his formula for
economic inequality, an existing, worsening condition with
radical possible impacts.
http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_piketty_new_thoughts_on_cap
ital_in_the_twenty_first_century?language=en
Module Four
In this module, we focus on the evolution of the global and
virtual (Web-based) societies of the twenty-first century. We
begin by defining globalization—what it is and how it has
developed through the increased sophistication of
telecommunications and large, international financial systems.
We then explore the individual's role in global society, and how
roles in poor societies differ from those in rich societies. For
example, we'll explore how the physical distance between these
societies affects individuals' feelings of responsibility and
2. involvement.
We will then investigate a new and growing society that is
essentially built on physical distance—the virtual society of the
Internet. In our explorations we consider two important
questions: How do we interact as individuals in a Web-based
society, and how can our knowledge of sociology help us to
understand this world better?
Module 4
Module 4: The Individual in the Global Society
Topics
What Is Society?
Globalization and the Chasm between the Rich and Poor
The Individual in the Cyber-World
The Presentation of Self on the Internet
What Is Society?
The very definition or perception of society has changed over
the last century, as its elements and functions have changed.
One hundred years ago, few individuals left the community in
which they were raised. Experiences in other countries, even
cities, were read about in novels or discussed as tall tales and
exciting adventures by those who had the rare experience of
travel.
As the twentieth century wore on, jet travel and
telecommunications expanded the community we all live in. We
became quite familiar with the experiences of those outside of
our hometown, first through motion pictures and television and
then through the Internet. Cultural experiences were delivered
to us through these media and broadened our view of the world
and our global society, but these are virtual—not personal—
experiences.
Virtual living through the media has become more common in
3. the last decade, and much of our knowledge and many of our
experiences are influenced by this virtual world: It influences
how we define our identities, develop our opinions, and exercise
our values. Unlike children in the early 1900s, today's children
are influenced by far more than their homes, neighborhoods, or
schools. This new, global, and often virtual society is a brave
new world that shapes us all as individuals and affects the way
we influence and are influenced by the lives of others.
Globalization and the Chasm between the Rich and Poor
The increased ability for countries and cultures to interconnect
is one facet of globalization. Is there more to globalization,
though, than just increased global contact and awareness? In his
article on the topic, Vidya Kumar (2003) argues that countless
definitions and explanations for globalization exist across
multiple disciplines such as economics, sociology, law, and
political science. He believes that globalization encompasses:
Interconnected economies that depend on corporate ownership
rather than national identification, for example, the impact of
Coca-Cola or McDonald's throughout the world. Many
corporations that were once simply American, such as Coca-
Cola and McDonald's, are now powerful multinationals and
have economies far larger than the economies of entire nations
or even of groups of nations.
Laws, mores, or social patterns that groups of people share
based on cultural experiences (such as ethnic, religious, or
lifestyle choices) rather than national identity, for example, the
impact of religion on the global culture.
Local decisions, strategies, and choices that are made to
influence global rather than local issues, for example,
purchasing products that avoid increasing the deforestation of
the Amazon jungle even though they may be more expensive
than comparable products and do not directly affect the
4. economy of one's local town.
Global practices that have specific effects on local societies,
which essentially is the reverse of the previous point. For
example, some corporations market goods to one society that
are affordable because they are manufactured in other societies
where child labor is used.
The overall sense that the world is becoming homogenized into
a singular culture. For example, there is a sense that certain
principles such as social integration, or even democracy itself,
should be embraced by the world as a whole and not just by
certain nations.
So, what does globalization mean for the individual in society?
On one level it allows multiple, distinct, and vastly diverse
cultures to come into closer contact than at any other time in
world history. This close contact has put multiple value systems
in conflict, thus affecting the interaction between nations and
thus between individuals.
In 2001, the University of Michigan's Institute for Social
Research completed a 20-year study of the values of 65
societies around the world. The project, called the World Values
Survey, collected data from groups that represent 80 percent of
the world's population. Ronald Inglehart and Wayne Baker
(2001) analyzed data from this survey to examine the
relationship between a society's cultural values and the impact
that globalization has had on each society.
Inglehart and Baker's analysis demonstrates the difference
between the values of rich and poor societies. These societies
differ most noticeably in two areas: (1) their response to
authority and (2) their emphasis on survival versus self-
expression. Poorer, less-developed societies are more traditional
in their response to authority. These societies are more male-
5. dominated, religious, and more respectful of authority in
general. They are also more focused on survival, and thus place
less emphasis on striving for political participation, individual
rights, and self-expression.
Inglehart and Baker's article is interesting because it probes the
potential connection between globalization and "value
stability," and leads us to consider the following questions:
Does increased economic development change the cultural
values of a society? Do differing perceptions of what should be
valued in society exacerbate the culture clashes between the
rich and the poor in the world? Do the values of wealthier
nations include an ethical responsibility to those who are less
well-off?
As we noted in our earlier discussion of modernization,
inequality is built into the modern, industrial economic model
through the division of labor. Some individuals fulfill a role at
the top of the model, and others fulfill a role at the bottom. The
true challenge of globalization is to bring the advantages of free
market capitalism (increased industry, affordable goods,
widespread availability of services) to undeveloped societies
while limiting the disadvantages (dehumanization,
commoditization of the worker, unequal status among workers)
(Cassel, 2001).
Throughout much of the twentieth century, nations moderated
the freedom of corporations through federal regulation and
national laws. However, as corporations become increasingly
international, governments are increasingly dependent on
corporations to bring capital into their communities, so
corporations are allowed to regulate themselves. This puts more
responsibility in the hands of the corporate leaders to consider
the needs of the world's citizens. The readings we will be
discussing in this module explore the responsibility of the
individuals at the top of the global system (the role of business
6. ethics) and the impact of globalization on the lives of those at
the bottom (through the example of "imported" caregivers).
The distance between us—combined with the differences
between us—makes it difficult for the average individual to
address global inequality. In some cases, making changes to
help others would have a significant impact on our current
lifestyle. In other cases, changes are already occurring around
the world that force changes to our lifestyle (development in
Asia and growing competition for oil, for example). Nations
have long had to deal with the dilemma of choosing between the
economic welfare of their own people and the economic welfare
of the world at large. When our community becomes global, we
are so distanced from those at either end of the spectrum that
the leeway of the rich and the suffering of the poor are both
invisible to the average individual. Engagement in the global
process takes more effort than engagement in our local
communities, but may be more necessary as globalization
continues.
The Individual in the Cyber-World
Globalization is one example of how our modern world
distances us from the consequences of our everyday behavior.
Distance, though, has become a theme in our everyday lives, not
only because of globalization, but also because of the Internet.
Telecommuting, distance education, chat rooms, and instant
messaging are all examples of how we experience life from a
distance. In many cases, we interact online with our friends and
co-workers (through instant messaging or telecommuting), but
in other cases (distance education, for example) we form
relationships with people that we never have and perhaps never
will meet in person. This virtual classroom, for example, is a
mini-society where no one meets face-to-face. Does this society
function by the same rules and norms as other societies, or is
there something about the cyber-world that changes these
norms?
7. There is more than one way to analyze this question. Using the
tenets of postmodernism, we might look at the concepts of the
original versus the copy. Past theories and observations of
social norms are based on face-to-face interaction, what we
might call real interactions. Virtual interactions, such as those
scripted on a television show, are based on these real, face-to-
face interactions. In this sense, the copy is based on the
original.
The Internet, however, has created a society that is based on
new types of interactions. For example, witness the
development of Web pages where individuals share information
about themselves through the images and links they choose to
place on their sites. This information is not solely shared with
close friends and families, but virtually the entire world. The
sharing of personal blogs (Web-logs or online diaries) is
similarly a new way to introduce oneself to the world.
These new forms of human interaction are not based on past
face-to-face methods of introduction. They are virtual
introductions to people that we may come to feel intimate with
without any true interactive contact at all. This type of virtual
relationship is not a copy of an original, as scripted
relationships are. It is a new type of interaction that may
ultimately lead people from the virtual to the real if face-to-face
interaction follows. People now use the style of communication
learned on the Internet in their face-to-face interactions, turning
the original-to-copy relationship backwards. These new
communication methods are created in a pseudo-world, and real
actions are then copied from the non-real actions.
For example, the more we become accustomed to
communicating with text messaging, the more abbreviated our
face-to-face communications will be. In this way, we may use
fewer words and share fewer inner feelings in our face-to-face
8. communications because the use of text messaging as changed
the way we approach conversations. This leads us to copies of
copies—no originals—which is a view that many post-
modernists began to theorize about decades ago. Originally,
post-modernists associated this concept with the dissociation
and anomie that came from urban living as compared to small
town living. It is carried one step further in the new cyber-
world community of today.
Thus, the simulated world of the Internet, video games, reality
TV, and so forth becomes the norm in our culture. For some,
interactions in this world have become more frequent and more
real than interactions with family, neighbors, and others in our
physical community. What kind of impact does this have on the
individual in society? How do we define the self in this virtual
world—or does the self stay the same but the methods of
presentation simply change?
The Presentation of Self on the Internet
In 1959, the sociologist Erving Goffman wrote The Presentation
of Self in Everyday Life—a book that had major influence on
the sociological view of the individual in society. In it,
Goffman created a new approach for understanding the social
world, dubbed the "dramatalurgical approach." His approach
differed from that of most modernist sociologists because he did
not try to explain the world via social institutions or functions.
Instead, he used one-on-one social interactions as his unit of
analysis.
Goffman looks at each of these one-on-one interactions as little
dramatic scenes (hence the term dramatalurgical) in which
people assume specific social roles and follow the "script" for
these roles. In other words, Goffman argued that society works
because people know what roles and interactions are expected
of them, and they fulfill these roles properly. We learn how to
behave in our neighborhoods, schools, work sites, shopping
9. centers, and so forth by observing roles and interactions as we
grow up and then by following them as adults. These patterns
help to keep society flowing "properly," efficiently, and
effectively.
In his studies, Goffman focused on what happens to individuals
when they find themselves in the presence of others. What do
we reveal about ourselves in these situations? How much of
what we reveal is intentional? Goffman believed that we
communicate in two ways. The first way is by what we "give"
during the communication through intentionally selected words,
actions, and physical presentation. The second way is by what
we "give off," which encompasses the unintentional cues we
give others through facial expressions, body language, and the
unconscious choices we make in our conversations.
Goffman went into great detail about these parallel
communications. He spoke of how most of us have "back-room"
and "front-room" behavior. In the back room, we are more
casual, open, and free with our presentation. Conversely, our
front-room presentation is more formal, scripted, and guarded.
Think about the difference between how you act in the privacy
of your own home with a close friend or family member versus
how you act when you are in a meeting with your boss.
Sociologists have returned to Goffman's theory to help explain
the presentation of self in our new virtual world of the Internet.
Do we behave as if we are "in the presence of others" when we
are communicating online? Do we use our back-room or front-
room behavior? Clearly, we do not have many of the same cues
that we use in face-to-face interaction to make our choices. We
do not necessarily know the gender, age, or ethnicity of the
people with whom we interact on the Web. We also cannot
respond to facial expressions or verbal inflection in Web
conversation, making some types of communication (humor and
irony, for example) more difficult. So, how does one define his
10. or her virtual self and how might it differ from one's true self
(if it differs at all)? How do we manage our presentation of self
on the Internet?
Katherine Walker explores Internet identity through an
assessment of individual home pages. She asks the question, "Is
the Internet self as free, unanchored, and rootless as some
would argue, or is it simply the traditional self gussied up with
new technology?" (Walker, 2000, p. 101). The ultimate question
when analyzing the presentation of self on the Internet is: Are
we presenting a different self at all? Walker examined hundreds
of homepages and then followed up by surveying their
developers.
Walker's analysis revealed a great deal about presentation of
self on the Internet. One of her most interesting findings was
the fact that individuals view the Internet in two distinct ways:
either as a communication conduit or as a live community. More
specifically, she found that some individuals set up their home
pages to communicate with friends or family members from
afar, thus using the Internet much the way they would use the
telephone or the mail to share information with their loved ones.
Others, however, use the Internet to introduce themselves to the
World-Wide-Web-based community, which they view as a
living society peopled with community members checking in for
a visit. The home-page developers' intended presentation of self
(what they "give") differed depending on their view, but the
ultimate look and feel of their sites (what they "give off")
differed very little.
Throughout this module, we will further explore the definition
and presentation of self on the Internet. A key question in these
explorations is whether the presentation of self on the Internet
will ultimately change our presentation of self in face-to-face
interactions.
11. References
Cassel, D. (2001). Human rights and business responsibilities in
the global marketplace. Business Ethics Quarterly, 11(2), pp.
261–274.
Inglehart, R., & Baker, W. E. (2001). Modernization's challenge
to traditional values: Who's afraid of Ronald McDonald? The
Futurist, 35(2) (March/April), pp. 16–21.
Kumar, V. S. A. (2003). A critical methodology of
globalization: Politics of the twenty-first century? Indiana
Journal of Global Legal Studies, 10(2) (Summer), pp. 87–111.
Walker, K. (2000). It's difficult to hide it: The presentation of
self on Internet home pages." Qualitative Sociology, 23(1), pp.
99–120.
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