 International experts  Argue about global problems to find solutions  Their decisions can have good effects that spread globally  e.g. anti-smoking page  professionals might not fully understand the effects of some of their decisions on a national or regional level.

 Popular movies, music, television shows, newspapers, satellite broadcasts, fast food and clothing, among other entertainment and consumer goods from American culture  become more globalized and learn about another culture  Americanization  Negative effect eg) on European film industries

 can be described as the spread of American cultural products such as restaurant chains, music, films, books and TV shows, to countries all around the world.  foreign media groups contribute to the spread of American popular culture  e.g.) selling U.S. products and making them more accessible worldwide  Could make ‘cultural genocide’

 more positive view of globalization  could enrich the world culturally and encourage people to understand other cultures.  be more emotionally connected and global events are “humanized.”  The spread of certain values, for example, democracy and the promotion of issues such as human rights

 89 percent of magazines sold in Canada is foreign and a high percentage of which are American.  difficult to decide whether a magazine is produced in or outside Canada  in 1993, time warner  was produced in United Sates but printed in Canada  without tax as a foreign import  negative effect on Canada’s magazine industry today.

 Globalization has made problems for small farmers  the competition with food imports  The farmers  the economic efficiency is not the most important thing  the economic competition has a negative effect on their way of life  in the US many farmers and agricultural workers have lost their jobs because they cannot compete with cheaper imported food

 Globalization can also be seen in the way that Western countries sometimes impose their cultural values on other countries  e.g) Mexico’s dolphin fishing industry, Norway & Japan’s whaling  They argue that whaling has been part of their culture and economy for centuries.

 The United States has often imposed economic sanctions on other countries to support a policy.  e.g.) in the 1980s, against south Africa for not holding democratic elections  e.g.) against Cuba because of nuclear development , since 1993 the United States has imposed sanctions against 35 countries  Some people say that these have contributed to the globalization of American values.

 In some East Asia nations the idea of “Asian values” has been suggested as an alternative to Western globalization  “Asian values”  hard work  respect for authority  believing the community is more important than the individual  Some people say these values have contributed to great economic success.  Others say that these values give an excuse for autocracy and corruption.

 Islamic countries have been concerned about the spread of Western values through globalization  e.g.) in the 1960s and 1970s women’s political rights  later the revolutionary movement tries to remove all Western ideas from Iranian culture, tradition and religion.  modernization without westernization  western social network sites were used communication during the Arab Spring.  the idea of democracy was used to bring political change

 English is the language of globalization  many governments have tried to protect their own languages and cultural identity  e.g.) the French, Chinese government  some Americans have decided to try to protect the use of English in some areas of US because of the high number of immigrants  people and the government are trying to protect local language tradition and culture from globalization