How Has Globalization Affected Culture and Identity?
Marcus Vance
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Globalization Also Influences Our Cultural Identity and Affinity Groups. Technology Allows Us to Eliminate Communication Boundaries and Interact with Each...
Globalization also influences our cultural identity and affinity groups. Technology allows us to eliminate communication boundaries and interact with each other on a global scale. Globalization lends itself to cultural homogenization that is the world becoming culturally similar (Back et al.
How does globalization affect culture?
Globalization of culture contributes to the exchange of cultural values of different countries, the convergence of traditions. For cultural globalization characterized convergence of business and consumer culture between the different countries of the world and the growth of international communication.
Cultural identity provides the global significance of local knowledge and the sense of self, community and nation. In terms of science, technology and economic development, globalization reflects somewhat the theory of convergence and hegemonic control, but in deeper sense, it promotes cultural identity.
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