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 * 1.8 Globalization**

Globalization - means the diminishing importance of geographical, political, economic and cultural boundaries. IT has played a major role in reducing these boundaries. For example, any dramatic event anywhere in the world can be broadcast almost instantly by television or on the internet. However, the new “global village” may lead to the extinction of minority languages.

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 * 1) Elaborate on this definition by expanding the part that globalization plays in politics, economics, and cultural boundaries. Read A Gift of Fire - 6.2.3 A Global Workforce, p. 318 - 321.
 * IT companies are able to hire companies in other countries to work for them in lower wages and also some large companies would set up divisions with the help of Internet and the Web. Outsourcing and offshoring help the economic growth for both countries.
 * Social networks help reducing the cultural boundaries because they are used in almost every countries and they made communication much more efficient and convenient. For example, people are more attached to each other with the use of Facebook or Skype.
 * People can now share their culture more easily with the use of Web and Internet, because everyone will be aware of the latest events through Internet. This increases the recreational opportunities of each countries by spreading their popular culture through mass media such as satellite television and Internet.
 * 1) How have networks and the Internet sped up the process of Globalization?
 * Networks and the Internet are now commonly used by everyone across the world. IT allowed information to be transferred through Internet from one place to another more quickly than before, the speed of networks and the Internet made communication and work much faster and efficient, with the use of faster broadband to have access to Internet and fibre optics cables, it allows information to be transmitted much faster than before, people can instant message or video call instantly, work can be done with the help of other countries, news can be spread instantly to almost everyone at the same time. ** Very good response. Can you add some of the words that you defined last week? For example, Ethernet, Fibre Optics, broadband, etc. that have contributed to increasing the speed of Internet access. **
 * 1) Globalization means the diminishing importance of geographic, political, economic and cultural boundaries. Using this definition and your expanded definition, discuss how the WWW has contributed to the globalization process [2006 N HLSL Paper 1 Exam]. [4 marks]. ***
 * Individuals or companies are able to have access to the Internet to share information by uploading or downloading information or resources on the WWW. This make the connection between individuals much closer because all the information can be spread at the same time to all the countries on the Web. For example, with the use of web browser, individual can receive information on the Web about the news happening around the world instantly, this help to increase the widespread of information to everyone.
 * Social network sites also help speed up the globalization, it allows individuals to connect with one another no matter where they are using WWW. They can communicate instantly and share information such as photos or favorite links with one another more quickly and free. This help individuals to stay connected with their friends and families at all times.
 * WWW helps increase the recreational opportunities as people discover other countries culture on the Web and decided to travel and explore new culture in other country or region. This also helps economic growth of the countries.
 * WWW also influence the use of language as people get to know more languages from learning on the Web. But it also lead the extinction of some minorities languages as more common languages such as English will be used on WWW.
 * Music industry also help globalization process as the latest popular music can be spread on WWW to share by everyone. For example, music online store and websites allow individuals to discover new musics and get the latest news about artist, concerts and albums information.

Very good response Ching Ting. You would have gotten full marks on an IB exam for this.


 * Here's the official response from the IB organization:**

[0 marks] inappropriate answer.

[1 to 2 marks] limited understanding. If the factor/factors are only identified award only [1 mark].

[3 to 4 marks] relevant factor/factors are recognised and developed in some depth. At the top end an expression of opinion/likelihood/consequence/conclusion is provided. Answers may include:
 * people have greater access to a vast amount of information.
 * dramatic events anywhere in the world can be broadcast on the World Wide Web almost immediately.
 * cultural diversity may be diminished and cultural homogeneity encouraged.
 * people are able to purchase products from anywhere around the world.
 * interpersonal communication has allowed individuals to easily talk to other individuals around the world.
 * it has allowed a worldwide audience for authors/musicians.
 * it has reduced the impact of government propaganda.

Reward other acceptable answers with the approval of the team leader.