Blogging through Media Trends and Globalization (2023)

    Summary The critical role of multinational corporations in the global economy and the ways in which they expand internationally through various investment models. Early international economic development saw the rise of chartered trading companies, such as the East India Company and the Hudson's Bay Company, which had a key impact on the global economic landscape. However, the rapid growth of modern multinational corporations has made them major shapers of the global economy. The motivations of enterprises to participate in transnational activities are mainly divided into market-oriented and asset-oriented. Market-oriented investment drives companies to find new markets, especially when domestic markets are saturated. Asset-oriented investment focuses on unevenly distributed production assets, forcing companies to make international strategic investments to improve efficiency. In terms of expansion methods, companies have chosen a variety of investment models, among which ...

  1) Summary In today's era of globalization, the face of politics has undergone a dramatic transformation. From the evolution of a state-centric world order to a polycentric network of governance to the rise of a global political culture, these processes together constitute the key elements of political globalization. This paper explores the multiple dimensions of political globalization and its implications for global politics. First, political globalization is seen as a phenomenon that transcends national boundaries and exhibits characteristics of diversity, acceleration, and interconnectedness. One of the most notable dimensions is the global spread of democratic government. The existence of democratic governments in various forms has triggered the demand for democracy not only domestically but also globally. This has created a form of globalization based on the parliamentary state that not only upholds traditional political structures but also constitutes a new global geopolit...

  1)      Summary This paper discusses the close relationship between globalization and culture in terms of their mutual influence and inseparability, from the perspectives of the process and impact of globalization, as well as the historical background of globalization and the development of network communication technologies. First, the author argues that globalization is a multifaceted, complex, accelerating, and integrative process of global connectivity, and that this growing connectivity largely defines our daily lives. The authors point out that culture is an intrinsic part of globalization and an aspect of its emergence and formation. The author argues that globalization does not mean that the world is becoming economically and politically "unified" in the broadest sense. The connectivity of globalization has brought distinct cultures into closer contact, allowing cultural elements to flow freely and interpenetrate, a phenomenon that has shaped the dis...

Media Trend and Globalization Q&A 1.     What is interestina and surprisina about the Inglehart-Welzel cultural map of the world? The main unique thing about this map is that it has an x-axis and a y-axis that gives a visual representation of the world's cultural values. Comprehensive cultural classification, the Inglehart-Welzel World Culture Map covers a wide area, allowing everyone to have a more comprehensive understanding of the cultural characteristics of other countries. Showcasing the diversity and richness of countries around the world. The Inglehart-Welzel World Culture Map allows us to better and more objectively observe the world's economy and culture, and helps us understand and compare the differences between different cultures. 2.     What did you think about the "What is globalization" Reading 1? Can you answer one of the questions related to the reading that your colleagues asked? Globalization in the usual sense refers to the increas...

  Summary Globalization is a largely contested concept with no agreed-upon definition. The article analyzes the historical evolution of the concept of globalization, including how it gradually entered academic and political discourse, and lists some famous scholars' thoughts on the concept of globalization. The article points out that the study of globalization is characterized by a vast convergence of disciplinary orientations, and that the resulting debate has been and still is taking place in a place of major disciplinary mutation, so that it may well be called interdisciplinary development. The article mentioned that understanding globalization can be simply understood from the anti-globalization movement. pointed out that as protests against capitalist globalization grew rapidly, people also realized that this movement itself was part of the globalization process. Thus, at the beginning of the 21st century, a distinction emerged between the concepts of globalization from above...