Globilization
The process that is making the world’s citizens increasingly interdependent economically, socially, politically, environmentally, and technologically.
Global Village
The idea, popularized by Marshall McLuhan, is that the entire world and its inhabitants are becoming one large community interconnected by technology.
Individual Identity
The traits that make up a person’s sense of individuality.
Collective Identity
The combination of beliefs, values, view of history, and language of a people.
Pluralistic Society
A society in which a diversity of languages, beliefs, traditions, values, religions and other aspects of culture are embedded as part of the foundations of a country.
Communications technology
Hybridization
The blending of media and communications technologies resulting in new modes of expression and cross-cultural consumption.
Universalization of popular culture
The production by media transnationals of the majority of television programs, films, magazines and so on that are consumed by a vast world audience.
Media transnationals
A mass media corporation that produces television programs, films, music, books and so on in two or more countries.
Media convergence/consolidation
Mergers of media transnationals that result in a concentration of ownership.
Monoculture
The uniform global popular culture that results from globalization.
Homogenization
A trend toward uniformity, as with world popular culture as a result of globalization.
Migration
The movement of a person or people from one country, locality, place of residence, etc, to settle in another
Assimilation
The absorption of a minority group by a dominant group.
Marginalization
The pushing of a group to the “margins” of society, where they hold little social, political, or economic power.
Accommodation
An inclusive approach that allows religious or ethnic groups to maintain their distinctive cultures as a result of contact with other cultural groups.
Secularism
The complete separation between matters of state and religion.
Integration
The incorporation of diverse minority groups into mainstream society.
Urbanization
The growth of towns and cities, as people migrate from rural areas in search of work and other opportunities.
Metroplises
Very large cities.
Cosmopolitan
Reflecting many diverse cultures.
Acculturation
Change as a result of contact with other cultural groups.
Megacities
Urban centres with populations over 10 million.
Cultural revitalization
A process through which unique cultures regain a sense of identity, such as through promoting heritage languages or reviving traditions and customs.
