Blog Post #10- Globalization (I'm Out of Witty Titles)

   In our generation, media has reached distances never before imagined by our founding fathers. With the internet, the entire world becomes one single entity. China is only a click of the mouse away, Australia can be reached in seconds, and because of this amazing connectivity, computers have become the ultimate business medium. Globalization is slowly creating an all inclusive world through the world wide web (hence the term "world wide").
   Globalization, in a sense, is the assimilation of all cultures into one SUPERCULTURE. By the reduction of differences in speech, protocol, and all elements of business and communication, it creates a standard operating procedure for doing specific things so that, no matter where you are, the protocol for conducting whatever business you're involved in is the same. When people in India answer your tech services calls and can speak more clearly than you, that's globalization at its finest.
   In this concept of globalization, a certain issue must always be taken into account: which method is best? From the answer rises a significant problem in our world today. The dominance of one culture over another, or cultural imperialism,  has been around from the beginning of time. Slavery and persecution have defined the human race, but these things aren't still occurring in our civilized world, right? Not to the extent of those days (except for a few places here and there that I'm pretending don't exist for the sake of my argument), but there is still a dominating force behind many countries, such as the United States and China.
   Take film, for instance. Hollywood has shaped the industry from the invention of the motion picture all the way up until now. Our culture has created many of the techniques used by filmmakers and cinematographers, and originally considered the methods used in other countries to be unorthodox. The worst part, in my opinion, is when a group of English speaking actors goes to another country in a film, and suddenly everyone in that country speaks English. This promotes an image that Americans believe English is the best language and all other countries should learn to be more like us. If you can't tell, this bugs the hell out of me. Anyways, back to the real issue. America has created such a specific method for movie making that the people enjoy, and because of this, we have dominated the industry, leaving little room for outside influence.

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