In the information age, the arrival of the global village, the introduction of nationalism, there are people in the rest of the world to narrow the distance between the rests of the world. ... The earth village has been born in the information age. Technological advances continue to communicate our ability to stretch the boundaries and the use of any personal cellular phone technology or to improve the network can interact with another person from a totally different culture. ... All of the culture is the continuous development of the information age, to enhance the impact of another culture....

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The spread of information, the ease of communication, and the loosening of national boundaries have changed the way we think of and treat others from different communities. ... From an economical perspective, Harvey illustrates how easing market transactions between countries has had a substantial effect on globalization, while Friedman claims that technology has been the primary influence. ... Through technology, Friedman believes globalization has progressed systematically. ... Technology has allowed individuals to have access to information (as Friedman describes) and, in the case of Google...

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As an engaging cultural critic, professor at New York University, and author of numerous books on the themes of education and technology, Neil Postman is well positioned to comment on the relation of technology to culture. ... The resistance fighter is aware of the advantages and disadvantages associated with technology. Technology is therefore seen as unnatural, controlling, and dangerous. ... As Postman introduced in chapter 8 ("Invisible Technologies"), the form of a question can produce many different answers. ... In Technopoly, Postman gives readers historical and detailed informati...

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Information and money flow move faster than ever before. ... Technology has now created the possibility of a global culture. ... Anyone with access to this technology can gain information concerning any part of the globe. ... Second, by gaining access to large amounts of information, one is no longer dependent upon their immediate surrounding society for knowledge and affirmation. ... Globalization causes a larger movement of information, such as lifestyles, religions, and cultural issues, to people who have once been cut off from the exchange of information (Pros.). ...

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(pg. 427) Klinenberg also discusses about how as technology used at MetroNews changed so did the newsroom. ... Klinenberg then concludes that although there are some difficulties that have occurred due to the convergence of technology, newsrooms are still able to convey information to an audience and that target marketing works to create a link between the audience and the news company. ... Since many people want to know what other people such as celebrities are doing; companies like MetroNews try to give specialized information to a certain group of people that are interested in it. ... By u...

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In such a scenario, young and old alike, the politician and layperson, as well as the ordinary traveler and seasoned diplomat seek the services of people who may translate information and knowledge effectively and appropriately so as to ease human interaction. ... The growth of the internet with easy access to information makes knowledge sharing easier but the need to be acquainted with languages increases exponentially. ... The importance of learning about people from different cultures and racial backgrounds has been considered vital for greater growth and development, since an exchange of ...

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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hofstede's research is based on the information of 40 countries, of which he identified the different dimensions on which culture differs. ... (You may conduct additional research and use external sources of information to support your answer, but be sure to cite ALL your sources of information after each answer.) ... Technology has brought everyone much closer together. ...

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Thomas Freidman, who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his writings on foreign policy, sums up globalization a little more clearer than I, when he states, "The inexorable integration of markets, nation-states, and technologies to a degree never witnessed before-in a way that is enabling individuals, corporations and nation-states to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper and cheaper than ever before the spread of free-market capitalism to virtually every country in the world" (Friedman p. 7-8). ... Or can cultures "globalize" and join the information "super highway" to ensure cultural surviv...

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Noticing about people's social-ecological context also help me easier to acquire information and knowledge about child's family beliefs and culture. ... It is now the language of trade, diplomacy, aid and technology. ... Robinson and Diaz (2006) point out that "globalization is the construction of world systems that merge finance, trade, media and communication technologies. ...

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Noticing about people's social-ecological context also help me easier to acquire information and knowledge about child's family beliefs and culture. ... It is now the language of trade, diplomacy, aid and technology. ... Robinson and Diaz (2006) point out that "globalization is the construction of world systems that merge finance, trade, media and communication technologies. ...

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Noticing about people's social-ecological context also help me easier to acquire information and knowledge about child's family beliefs and culture. ... It is now the language of trade, diplomacy, aid and technology. ... Robinson and Diaz (2006) point out that "globalization is the construction of world systems that merge finance, trade, media and communication technologies. ...

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Noticing about people's social-ecological context also help me easier to acquire information and knowledge about child's family beliefs and culture. ... It is now the language of trade, diplomacy, aid and technology. ... Robinson and Diaz (2006) point out that "globalization is the construction of world systems that merge finance, trade, media and communication technologies. ...

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The content of culture teaching in ELT was categorized into aesthetic, sociological and pragmatic senses, with the emphasis on communicative aspects rather than knowledge information. ... The question is, for the improvement of communicative competence, which content of culture teaching should be focused more, cultural knowledge or cultural communication information. ... That is to say, in terms of teaching culture in ELT, communication information ought to vastly outweigh knowledge counterpart. ...

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However, the essay also acknowledges that tourism and globalization have brought with them positive effects such as, increased revenues and foreign currency earnings, created additional employment, introduced new technologies in transport, communications and e-commerce as well as improved tourism facilities and services to meet international standards. ... It is normal to see cultures shown and advertised in information pamphlets, "promotional literature", and in tourist homes. ... Dating back from colonialism, with the help of tourism as one of their mechanisms, they have directly o...

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This was the period known in Japanese history as the Meiji Restoration; after centuries of military governments which had followed a policy of enforced isolation from the outside world a revolution led to the re-establishment of imperial rule and the opening up of the country to overseas trade and technology. ... Specifically, in accurate information on subject of history and origins. ...

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"Pop Art" takes its subject matter from popular culture such as comic strips, motion pictures, and advertising, as well as ordinary everyday objects, which are portrayed by using various artistic technologies. ... Had it not been for society's preoccupation with Hollywood, then the media would not have had a niche which to provide information. ...

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"Dramatic advances in information technology, especially the growth of the World Wide Web, and rapid globalization of the world's economy have in many ways brought people closer together" – as the authors of the book noted in the preface, so that "there have also been considerable advances in the fields of anthropology and linguistics" (p. ...

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