The word globalization is used to describe how trading and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place. Globalization also captures in its scope the economic and social changes that have come about as a result, it also used to define the world’s growing interdependence of culture, populations and economies, brought by cross-border trading of goods, information, services, technology and flows of investment. Do we really have to know the definition of globalization? Yes, as for the reason that by knowing the definition of globalization we are most likely to know the economic climate surrounding us. have an insight, interest and empowering knowledge when realizing how big economy actually matters, the flow of goods internationally, how globalization actually affects a lot of things like economy, finance, culture, politics, technology and many more. Being able to define globalization will lead us towards a positive direction.
Homogenization is the state of being alike, similar, all the same or the same kind. On the other hand, heterogenization as Mr. Sorin Adam Matei define “is a network structure in which nodes tends to connect with each other in regard to certain cultural dimensions”. It implies that there is no problem of cultures coexisting and have a certain role in the world. The advantage of homogeneity is that homogeneity improves the quality of communication and increases effort and expected utility. However, it also has a disadvantage that is it lowers the reason to seek new information. On the contrary, the advantage of heterogeneity is that the people can keep their cultural practices and understanding and they can combine them with each and every culture and ideas they run across. Instead of losing their roots or original culture they can modify their culture with the new perspective that they encounter.
A homogeneous society is a society that has similar kinds of residents, same ethic group. Their culture is one and the shared meanings are similar with very little variations in beliefs. Japan is a good example of a homogeneous society as for the reason that Japanese has a strong sense of group and national identity and little to no ethnic or racial diversity. On the other hand, a heterogeneous society is a society that has numerous population groups that has specific and distinct values and understandings. In a heterogeneous society, there are many sets of shared meaning with different variation in beliefs. The United States of America is a good example of a heterogeneous society, with diverse culture, people and traditions intertwined in a single strand. Are societies in the world becoming more similar or more heterogenous? It is hard to say for sure because the world is a very broad it is hard to know if each society are homogeneous or heterogeneous for sure. However, the results confirm that globalization of culture creates heterogeneity, but within the context of one world culture, namely as local adaptations of world cultural forms. I personally think that the world is becoming more and more heterogenous as for the reason that the world has become more flexible, they are more mobile readily to communicate, travel, and adapt to changes. Since travelling is now so common, people who travels in different countries can adapt the culture of the society they encounter leading to a heterogenous society and with the help of internet and technology it is now easier to adapt cultures from other countries with their own culture leading to a heterogeneous society. The world society are being more similar by adapting culture of others but not really as we fuse the culture we come across and our original culture.
In conclusion being able to define globalization will lead us towards a positive direction. Both homogenization and heterogenization has its pros and cons and the societies in the world becoming more heterogeneous.
Reference
•National Geographic Society (July 25, 2019) Globalization. Gina Borgia, National Geographic Society, Jeanna Sullivan
•Sorin Adam Matei (2006) Globalization and heterogenization: Cultural and civilizational clustering in telecommunicative space (1989-1999), TelematicsandInformatics23316331 .
•Martha C.E Van Der Bly (April 1, 2007) Globalization and the Rise of One Heterogeneous World Culture: A Microperspective of a Global Village
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