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WrittenAssignment(15marks)
Examineallthreesourcesonthenexttwopagesandcompletetheassignmentthatfollows.

SourceI

Source1analysis

Insourceoneitisshowingusthatwithallofthesenewdevelopmentsin
ourtechnologywearemakinglesscontactwithotherpeoplelikeourfamilyand
friends.WithallthisnewtechnologylikeourIphones,Ipads,Ipods,Androids
andcomputerswehavebecomeinsociablewitheachother.Theauthoristrying
tosaythatwiththesetechnologieshavecausedustopushotherpeopleaway
fromusbecauseit'smucheasiertogotoacomputerorgamingconsoleandplay
withwhatwethinkareourfriendsbutinrealityarestrangers.Theauthoris
tryingtoshowusthattechnologyhasreplacedourfamilyandfriendsandtaken
overus.Inthispicturewecanseethatwithfamilyandfriendseveryoneis
spreadoutandintheirownspacebutifyoulookatthebottompictureitappears
thatthetechnologiesareclosinginontheyoungboyandcuttinghimofffrom
theoutsideworld.Ithinkwhattheauthoristryingtogettogettousisthatif
dontdoanythingtopreventbeinganotherpersonclosedoffbytechnologyand
todothisweneedtoforgetaboutourphonesandcomputerstojustgooutside
andmeetnewpeopleandfindoutwhattheworldhastoofferus.Thepicture
alsoshowsayoungboythathasbeenisolatedbytechnology.Ithinkthatthe
authoristryingtosaythatthenewgenerationareespeciallysusceptibletothis
becausewehavegrownupthinkingthatweneedthelatestandgreatest


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technologiesbecausewewanttobeacceptedandrecognizedbyotherpeople.
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SourceII

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http://www.politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/9cbd424c7bfa45019f1e8fb5243d85b5.html

Source2analysis

Insourcetwoitisshowingushowalloftheselargecompaniesthathave
builtthemselvesahugerepresentationarechangingouridentitytoaspecificway.
Theauthorisshowingushowallofthesecompaniesareattackingouridentityas
seenbyMickeyMouseandGoofycarryinggunsandchasingthepeopleofa
foreignislandwhiletheyarebeingshotatbycokecansandamicrosoftflagbeing
raised.Ithinktheauthoristryingtosaythatglobalizationisabadthingbecauseit
embracescompanieshavingalargereignonsocietyasawhole.Alsobecause
globalizationeliminatessomeculturesidentitiesandforceseveryonetohavethe
samethoughtsandbeliefsasoneanother.Theauthorseesthisasabadthing
becauseinthispictureitshowsaculture'sidentitybeingtakenoverandthatallof
thepeoplearescaredandafraidofwhatishappening.Theauthorisalsoshowing
usthattheselargecompanieshavealreadystartedtotakeoverusandchangeour
identitybecausethepictureshowsapersonlyingfacedownwithmickeymouse


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gloveson.Thisrepresentsthathehasalreadyfallenaccustomedtothenewidentity
thatthesecompaniesareinawayforcingusinto.
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SourceIII

Itisfairtosaythattheimpactofglobalizationintheculturalspherehas,mostgenerally,been
viewedinapessimisticlight.Typically,ithasbeenassociatedwiththedestructionofcultural
identities,victimsoftheacceleratingencroachmentofahomogenized,westernized,consumer
culture.
~JohnTomlinson,
DirectoroftheCentreforResearchinInternationalCommunicationandCulture,
NottinghamTrentUniversity,UK

Source3analysis

Insourcethreetheauthorisshowingusthatmaybeglobalizationisntasbad
aseveryonethinksitis.Heshowsusthatweonlyreallylookatthebadthingsthat
globalizationhastooffer,butwequiteoftenforgetthattherearegoodpointsthatit
hastoofferus.Theauthoristryingtotellusthatweneedtonotonlylookatthe
firstinformationthatwesee.Weneedtolookatalltheinformationandanalyzeit
properlyandmakeasmartdecision.
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Examineallthreesourcesontheprevioustwopagesandcompletethefollowingassignment.

Examineeachsource.
Writearesponseinparagraphforminwhichyoumust:

interpret
eachsource,
explain
theperspective(s)onglobalizationpresentedineachsource,
and
discuss
thelinksbetweentheprinciplesofglobalizationandeachsource

AND

identify
and
explain
oneormoreoftherelationshipsthatexistamongthethreesources


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Therelationshipthatexistsbetweensourceoneandsourcetwoisthatthey
bothshowhowglobalizationisdestroyingouridentityandhowtheyaredoingthis.
Thesepicturesshowusthatweneedtoavoidglobalizationandhowglobalization
isdestroyingouridentitiesbyinfluencingthemthroughlargercompaniesideasand
brandnamesthatcanmakeuspopularalsobyusingtechnologythathavestartedto
replaceourfriendsandfamilythatcaninfluenceourthoughtsandideasandgiving
usdifferentinformationthatcanaffectouridentity.Thethirdsourcealsoconnects
tothefirsttwobecauseitsaysbrieflywhatsomeoftheproblemsofglobalization
areforexamplehelistshomogenized,westernized,consumerculturethatsource
oneandsourcetwoalsoexplainthroughtheirart.
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