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In article "The Double edge of Globalization", Chanda(2007) declares though globalization

influences environment by causing pollution and deforestation, however it brings economic

growth and urbanization and raises public awareness on longstanding trend. When explaining

the benefits and disadvantages of globalization, author mentions one typical example of

globalization's outcome, which is global warming. Chanda(2007) presents that globalization

results in global warming, but it also helps to deal with global warming problem, which I strongly

agree. In this article, author shows that globalization causes increasing market demands

and rapid industrialization, which causes deforestation and pollution in developing countries

with poor technologies and environment regulations. However due to the globalization, social

media develops quickly and gradually governments and people realize how serious the global

warming is and importance of protecting environment by various types of social media. I believe

the change in my hometown is a good proof for this theory. I do remember when I was young,

the roads were full of giants trucks, which transported construction material, and air quality was

not that good. Also famous leather shoes company 'Senda" and Korean car corporation "Yueda

KIA" have factories in my hometown. However these years, because my hometown is a seaside
city and has some famous historic sites, government focuses on urban beautification including

reducing emission of pollution and sewage purification, which aims to make my hometown

an international scenic spot. So in my opinion, though globalization may do damage to

environment, however globalization finally will lead countries or cities to develop sustainably.

Final Draft-----Globalization of Culture Through the Media

Kraidy(2002) declares that globalization of culture will not completely homogenize and some parts will coexist in article "Globalization of Culture Through The Media". Firstly, author presents the theory "cultural imperialism" that mass media has great effects on culture. Though most mass media come from developed and industrialized countries, which makes western countries lead the flows of information, however, cultural imperialism has been replaced by globalization  because after Cold War subnational, national and supernational levels appear and cultural imperialism lacks coherence and direction. Also how mass media influence the globalization of culture is flexible. Then authors shows three perspectives on the globalization of culture. First one is the media increases homogenization of cultural differences. However this theory is limited because objects chosen for researches are unrepresentative and global is privileged over the local. Second one is cultural hybridization, which shows that globalization and localization are the products of mixed tradition. Third theory shows three features of hybridization including mixing individual cultural systems. Finally Kraidy(2007) suggests that globalization of culture is the process for different elements to coexist.

 

    

 

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    Kraidy, M. M. (‎2002). Globalization of Culture Through the Media - ScholarlyCommons...

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The double edge of Globalization

In article "The Double edge of Globalization", Chanda(2007) declares though globalization influences environment by causing pollution and deforestation, however it brings economic growth and urbanization and raises public awareness on longstanding trend. At first, Chanda(2007)  presents that globalization will expand international trade, whose objects are developing countries with poor environmental regulations, but deforestation has little relationship with international trade. Secondly globalization indirectly accelerates deforestation, caused by increasing demand due to globalization. Next, globalization makes the world closely connected and fastens dissemination of information, which makes people aware of natural disasters and worry about global warming. Then author points out though global warming causes damage to environment and there still exists divergences between different countries on global warming, however, effective actions have been taken to deal with global warming and more countries have raised awareness on longstanding trend because of globalization. Finally, Chanda(2007) presents that globalization can be prevented by political power.    

 

 

 

Reference:

    Chanda, N. (2007, June 28). The Double Edge of Globalization.In YaleGlobal Online Magazine. Retrieved from

http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/double-edge-globalization