Erla Zwingle, the author of Globalization, wanted to manifest her thoughts on what Globalization really means. In her article, Section I indicated that technology is a tool to bring people all over the world closer together.

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Lan Phuong Tran

According to Pratheep, globalization “describes an ongoing process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a globe spanning network of communication and execution” (2010).  Erla Zwingle, the author of Globalization, wanted to manifest her thoughts on what “Globalization” really means.  In her article, Section I indicated that technology is a tool to bring people all over the world closer together.  As they learn about other cultures through movies, music and news that are available through the internet, people can both decide to ignore or take on and interpret the new learned information based on their own mindsets.  In addition, Globalization in term of investment among countries has also increases tremendously as technology advances.  This motion is evitable.

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In section II, Zwingle provided one of the examples such as how the Chinese adopted the American born kids’ television show Sesame Street yet transformed the concept so that the show teaches Chinese children the values and cultures that they believe in.  In addition, Zwingle applauded that other countries are doing the exact same thing.

Zwingle continued to give more examples in Section III.  She talked about the globalization through McDonald’s. How the multi-billion restaurant chain retained its concept such as fast, cheap food and cleanliness yet adapted localized food of choice to tailor to what the consumers demand.  This is ...

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