Globalization

            The oxford English Dictionary defines the word globalization as The action, process, or fact of making global; esp. (in later use) the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale, widely considered to be at the expense of national identity. Globalization has been occurring since the day the earth began to spin, but how has it evolved over time, and what is it doing to our society in American and other societies in other countries. Globalization isn’t something that can be accomplished nor be failed; it isn’t the result of a single person or a single culture. Globalization can’t ever be completed because cultural norms and other aspects of daily life are ever changing in every society in the world

            So what has accelerated the process of globalization? Well the answer to that cannot be proven, but it is obvious as the introduction of social media created a more centralized culture. News can now be spread throughout the world within in seconds, as opposed to early in the 1900’s when it could take weeks for people to hear vital news. It allowed everyone to know the same thing and have the same items. The media and Internet created the ability for anyone in the world to know any detail about other parts of the world. The increase in economy also created the increase in globalization. When companies began going over seas to work and make different business ventures they would slowly share the culture that they grew up in. The economy also affected it in other ways, if an economy was struggling, lets take Japan for instance, and the United States would step in and help create jobs, by building factories. These factories would benefit both the US economy as well as the Japanese economy. In the process of building up the economy the entire Japanese culture has been influenced by American ideas, they have become in need for each other, thus creating a network. Globalization occurs faster when countries are in need of the other ones.

            This has effected what the world looks like today. The entire world is like a giant melting pot; we are all influenced by other opinions and other cultures. Globalization has killed the individual and caused everyone to become more similar, it hasn’t allowed anyone to grow on their own, because everyone is in such need for others.