GEC103 (CHAPTER 6: High-tech Global Flows and Structures

There are many technological flows have largely negative consequences.

Problematic Technological Flows

This has its roots in Marshall McLuha prescient ideas on the _____.

global village

This is threat to the aspirations of global media that those who hack unto computer program in order to further various causes, in this case the alter-globalization movement.

hacktivists

McLuha successful to link the global proliferation of the media to their origins in large-scale social structure and social institution. a) True b) False

b) False - He actually FAILED.

Global influence of the American media peaked in the mid-20th century and has been rising ever since. a) True b) False

b) False - It's actually been in DECLINE ever since.

It is American media dominate the world. a) True b) False

b) False - There was NO MEDIA from any county dominate the world. It was rather NATIONAL MEDIA survived.

Enumerate the some recent technological advancement in the past century that had huge impact on globalization.

1. Creation of the world's first container ship in 1956. 2. Development and expansion of air freight. 3. Founding of Federal Express in 1970. 4. Creation of the Universal Product Code (UPC) which began in US in June, 1974.

Other Digital Technologies:

- Computer and Computer chips - Semiconductor processor - CDs and DVDs

It made its first appearance in science fiction in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Computer viruses

many of these worms, benign, some malicious have beeb created, circled in the globe that damage to computers.

Computer viruses.

The material on Web 2.0 is generated by rather than the producer of the system.

Consumers.

The media were of economic significance as a new source of capital realization.

Frankfurt theorist

It is a process that is created and disseminated by large-scale forces (such as nation-state and MNC), especially those associated with the North, imposed on the south (especially their nation-state and businesses).

Globalization from Above

It takes the form of individual actors, and groups of actors, opposing and acting to oppose globalization in both developed and less developed countries.

Globalization from Below

is sponsoring a competition among private companies to put a rover on the moon.

Google Moon

Chinese government to erect barries to these flows.

Great Firewall

He is a french social theorist known for his work on spectacle which initiated media having visuals.

Guy DeBord

The movement in the direction of global media giants is countered by the rise of independent media as another source of media diversity that serves to counter media imperialism. It also have come to associate with globalization, especially globalization from below or alter-globalization movement.

Indymedia

The world leaders of medical technology.

Japan and US

He authored a book entitled "The Media Were American: US Mass Media in Decline"

Jeremy Tunstall

It is developing nations bypassing earlier technologies and adopting more advanced technologies.

Leapfrogging

He focuses on the medium itself that he famously argued the "medium is the message".

Marshall McLuhan

It is a sub-category under the broader heading of cultural imperialism. Viewed as field dominated by US that can affect less developed nation's culture due to exposure such as movies from Hollywood or books by American.

Media Imperialism

New health-care technologies have not only been created at a rapid rate, but because of global improvements in transport, they flow around the world much more rapidly than ever before.

Medical Technologies

Is often reduced to the role of distributing cultural forms and commodities for the media conglomerates.

Nation-state

In spite of the arguments against media imperialism, we have witnessed the rise of this media like Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc. with greater power to impose the system on large portions of the world.

New Global Media

Examples of Global Media Giant

Newcasts and Entertainment Programming

This is potentially dramatic new technological development in early 2008 was unveiled by INDIAN CORPORATION "Tata", of the world's least expensive car price at (100K rupees / 2.5k$)

One Lakh Car (Nano)

Those who operate on Web 2.0 of what they consume.

Prosumers

It involves these sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace that involve in communication, networking, and creation of friendship network among those.

Social-networking sites (SNSs)

Virgin Atlantic plans to develop this type of technology.

Space Tourism

The space that surrounds the globe is by its nature, global already involves, increasingly involved globalization. US dominated this domain, especially launching of satellites, and other nations were involved by the activities in space.

Space-Based Technologies

90% of emails, more than 100 billion of them represents a real threat to World Wide Web.

Spam

This is one of globalization's true success stories. That is also unsolicited bulk email, often of a commercial nature.

Spam

It is one of several digital technologies that have all had a profound effect on many things, including globalization.

The Internet

This is the internet landscape that is characterized by government's active imposition of barries like Great Firewall.

The internet in China

Automobiles puts polluting the atmosphere in India that contribute enormously to the growth in carbon dioxide emissions and ultimately to worsening global warming. a) True b) False

a) True

CNN is indeed global but it's largely watched by Americans abroad. a) True b) False

a) True

Indymedia play important role like during protest, actions, gatherings, disseminating information and technologies so that activists throughout the world become involved. a) True b) False

a) True

Only NORTH people are able to easily access and afford the cost of medical technology. a) True b) False

a) True

Other aspects of Space-based technologies include satellite for TVs, internet, GPS, GNS, and Space Tourism. a) True b) False

a) True

There are lesser competition among the companies of "old media". a) True b) False

a) True

Where and when does the first global computer virus created?

in Pakistan in 1986.