m Thomas Friedman’s book The World Is Flat analyzes the progress of globalization and how it has changed core economic concepts. After traveling to numerous countries‚ he came up with the conclusion that the world is “flat‚” in the sense that competitive playing fields between industrial and emerging market countries have been leveled. He provides frequent examples of how countries‚ such as China and India‚ are becoming part of large global complex supply chains. Freidman assures that change is
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The World is Flat – Thomas Friedman 1. Do you agree or disagree with Friedman’s assessment that the world is flat? Be sure to justify your answer I agree with Friedman that technology has made the world flat. But there is another point of view disagree with Friedman stating that there are still many people that do not have access to technology and for them the world is still round. 2. What are the potential impacts of a flat world for a student performing a job search? In a flat world
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The World Is Flat "The World Is Flat" a book by author Thomas L. Friedman‚ discusses key events of the twenty-first century and they have brought the world closer together. At the book’s core‚ it is study of how and why the business world has become more interconnected‚ and how old American values may be preventing it from retaining the status it has long held a top of the economic world. Friedman begins by describing a trip to Bangalore‚ India where he visits “India’s Silicon Valley” and is stunned
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AbstractThis essay tracks broadcast television from its beginnings to the digital age of convergence. After taking over radio’s popularity‚ television went through many shapes and forms over the decades to come. Interactive television and the inclusion of the audience brought a whole new aspect to broadcast television. The format that includes amateur programming has lead to many new advances in the world of convergence and network programming. This has paved the way for the digital age‚ where the viewer
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The Triple Entente The Triple Entente was an alliance formed in 1907 by France‚ Britain and Russia before the 1st world war. It was started by the French because they felt threatened by Germany and the triple alliance (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy) Britain joined because they were worried about the German Navy. Finally Russia joined because they were worried about attacks from Germany and Austria-Hungary who both had growing armies. Russia also promised Serbia help if they were attacked.
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February 21‚ 2008 NSA 205 - RC 43 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE A. Books Friedman‚ Thomas L. The World is Flat - The Globalized World in the Twenty-First Century. London‚ England. Penguin Books‚ 2006. Thomas L. Friedman is a New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century‚ what it means to countries‚ companies‚ communities and‚ more importantly
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2015 When The World is Flat With the acceleration of communication and transportation within the past century‚ the world has undergone transformative changes of globalization – “the inexorable integration of markets‚ transportation systems‚ and communication systems to a degree never witnessed before” (Friedman). A new global culture where products‚ ideas‚ and technologies have an unprecedented ease of exchange has enabled nations‚ businesses and individuals from all over the world to communicate
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Convergence: the oldest media forms‚ on the newest media channels. Models of mass communication 1) Linear model: Sender-message-mass media channel-(gatekeepers)-receivers. 2) Cultural approach: Individual cultural component‚ selective exposure‚ storytelling Four values of the modern period: 1) Working efficiently 2) Celebrating the individual 3) Believing in a rational order 4) Rejecting tradition/embracing progress Useful writing techniques: Effective communication
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The book The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman draws attention to some very good points concerning globalization and the world economy today. Friedman emphasizes the status of America today in relation to the other countries of the world. As I looked at the things in which he warned about or highlighted‚ I realized the importance of this issue. He talks about a few aspects in which need to be kept competitive in order for America to retain their current standing in the world market. First of all
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In chapter 15‚ as the world became flat‚ some parts of the world remained unflat because they could not participate in the flattening process. The unflat world consisted of developing nations while the flat world consisted of developed nations. Since the unflat world could not participate‚ it has kept them unadvanced‚ stagnant‚ and deprived. Rural Africa‚ China‚ India‚ and Latin America were left behind because their nations were plagued with diseases due to their broken government system being unable
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