Activity 6
Activity
6
Study the 7 events in the table and
decide which of the following aspects of globalization the event illustrates: economic, informational, cultural, or
political. The first one has
been done for you as an example. You have to paste this activity on your blog
and compare your answers with FOUR of your classmates. Discuss your finding
by asking them about the reason for their decisions. Include screenshot of those discussions in
this document.
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Events |
Aspect of globalization |
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1 |
Disneyland,
the American theme park, has been set up in Hong Kong, Japan, and France. |
economic |
|
2 |
The parts
of a car come from all over the world: Germany, Japan, Korea etc. and the car
is assembled in the U.S. |
economic |
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3 |
Businesses
are operated with many satellite locations or call centers in other parts of
the world to answer questions in another: for example, someone in India
answering a call from the U.S. about a product or service. |
economic |
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4 |
The creation of regional forums such as the
European Union, Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation
(APEC), and
international organization such as the World Trade Organization and the World
Health Organization. These
international forums and organizations have new rules and agreements for
participating countries to follow. |
economic |
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5 |
The spread
of language, products, and customs as people are closely connected. |
Cultural/economic |
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6 |
Franchises for McDonald's hamburgers, Pizza
Hut, Burger King, KFC, and others carrying U.S. trade names are operating
throughout the world |
economic |
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7 |
Cable News Network (CNN), based in the United
States, produces 24-hour
news broadcasts that can be seen by people around the world. |
informational |
Hi! Well in the third point I was also going to put economic factors, but I thought it was more informational since people only ask about a product or service that they will surely end up buying, so I consider it to be between economic and informational.
ReplyDeleteYes I think both, economical and informational fits perfectly to the example too.
DeleteWe have some differences in our work. It seems to me that number 4 is political, but I think it depends on each person's perspective. Nice job.
ReplyDeleteYou are right! since we are talking about rules and agreements that our governments need to approve, maybe political fits to the description.
DeleteHello Mirleth, on event three I also though it was economic but after carefully reading it i changed it to informational. The part of answering questions in any part of the world made me change my mind. On event four i thought it was political but I can see why you think is economic. The WTO and APEC are more of economic alliances, but the WHO is not.
ReplyDeleteI can see why you say it informational because at the end the call centers just answer doubts and suggestions about the product, but not really asking to buy the product. Although, call centers also call to promote a product or service.
DeleteHello, we only have different the answer 5, I would like to know your point of view, why do you think is economic?
ReplyDeleteBecause they are not just exchenging languages ( as part of their culture) but also products, and the trade of goods belongs to the economic part.
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