Globalization 1

According to David Held’s globalization is “Globalization may be thought of initially as the widening, deepening and speeding up of worldwide interconnectedness in all aspects of contemporary social life, from the cultural to the criminal, the financial to the spiritual” (Alexander, Thompson & Edles, 2012). There are many things that are wrong with this statement pointed out in “Sociology” (2012). When talking about interconnectedness worldwide means a single world system, but interconnectedness exists usually between some nations or regions. Nearly all number of international trade and communication occurs among neighboring countries. There is also another source of communication forcing interconnectedness that is spreading globalization however not equally, mostly in one direction. That is an Internet; connecting mostly economically developed countries overlooking and “controlling” over less developed countries. According to David Held’s, American exports more television programs than any other country in the world and imports only small number from other countries (Alexander, Thompson & Edles, 2012).
As antagonists of globalization, environmental and anti-capitalist movements point out how economically developed countries take advantage and profits from global natural resources and from less developed countries or work force. Since we leave in the media-saturated culture it’s really hard to determine what is really happening. (Alexander, Thompson & Edles, 2012). Using many different ways such as television, especially movies, of exposing different cultures with pointless information may hurt one nation or religious group.
From my point of view globalization it’s helping and hurting humanity. Its giving wealthy and dishonest more power then ever before, at the same time is brining people together.

Resources
Alexander J., Thomson K., Edles L.(2012). A Contemporary Introduction to Sociology. London: Paradigm