Blogging Through Media Trends and Globalization (2022)

  Summary This article explains how TNC’s are influencing and involved in economic globalization. The scale and geographical distribution of TNCs In the first part of the article, Dicken talks about the growth of TNC’s, what is considered a TNC and where they are mostly located. TNCs can be very diverse. They can be big global companies, but also smaller companies that operate only in a few different countries. TNCs are mostly located in developed countiers, but the number of TNCs from developing countries is growing. Why and how corporations engage in transnational activities The second part explains the two reasons for companies to expand outside their own borders.   The first reason is market-oriented investments and the second one asset-oriented investments. Market-oriented refers to the expantion outside of their home market, becaue of a low demand. Asset-oriented refers to the origin of the company’s natural resources and labour. The development of transnatio...

  Summary This chapter in Delanty and Rumford’s article is about political globalization. In the introduction it is explained that political globalization is created by three processes: global geopolitics, global normative culture and polycentric networks. The first dimension of political globalization is the geopolitics of global power. In the article the writers talk about the worldwide spread of democracy and worldwide supremacy by the US. The second dimension is the rise of a global normative culture. This is visible across the world for example through human rights and environmental concerns. This global normative culture provides reference points for societies. The third dimension is polycentric networks. These are nonterritorial politics involving networks, new sources of mobility and communication and new relationships. INGO’s, grass-roots organizations and social movements form a global civil society, because they are active in a lot of places. This article talks about...

Summary In the first part of the article, Tomlinson gives us a broad definition of globalization . He writes that it is a multidimensional process of global connectivity. Multidimensional means globalization is happening simultaneously in different aspects of society, such as economy, politics, culture, etc. Global connectivity means that globalization is a way places around the world can be connected to each other. Globalization is a newer, still developing, and increasing concept. In the second part, he tries to give us a better understanding of culture . He believes culture is a phenomenon through which people try to find the meaning of life. Culture makes people take certain actions or make certain decisions. It is important to know that culture is just a small fraction of globalization. It is one of the dimensions on which globalization has an effect. But culture also generates and shapes globalization. In the following part of the article, Tomlinson writes about global cult...

Summary Even though the concept of globalization has been around for centuries, the academic field has only started studying it in recent years. Therefore there is no clear definition yet that is specific but encompasses every aspect of globalization. The most basic observation about globalization is that the world is becoming “a single place”. This observation impacted various social sciences, such as sociology, political science, and anthropology. Throughout history, there were multiple ways to form this single place. Our present-world system was created through the expansion of capitalism. We can characterize globalization in a few different ways. 1) global connectivity and global consciousness. 2) The four major dimensions: social, economic, political, and cultural. 3) The four points of reference: Nation-state, self, international-system, and humanity. Some aspects of globalization are more popular than others.  Learned I thought it was very interesting to read about the...