THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

PROF. ERMELINDA G. ALASTRA

NAME: JOHN NIEL B. FLAMINIA

DATE: JULY 30, 2019

 MEDIA AND GLOBALIZATION

1. Compare and contrast the social impacts of television and social media.
Social media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community-based
input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration. Websites and applications dedicated
to forums, microblogging, social networking, social bookmarking, social curation, and wikis are
among the different types of social media. While television is an electronics device that receives a
visual and audio signal and plays it for the viewer.
The social media impacts of television is Television for example not only causes children to see
inappropriate shows and commercials, but it also influences their health.
Social media is another forum that impacts society. There are many recent stories of online bullying,
among teens especially. It has also become a form of bragging or competition almost.
In contrast It helps people communicate, transfer information, learn, discover, and even save lives in
the medical field.

2. Do you think globalization leads to cultural imperialism?

Media, Globalization, and Cultural Imperialism. As technology develops, technology made it possible
to make a worldwide movement toward economic, financial trade, and communication integration,
which is called globalization. Globalization has become arguably the core concept that sociologists
and others use in order to explain the experience of living in modernity or postmodernity. Imperialism
is defined as “the creation and maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural and territorial
relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and
subordination.

3. What strategies can you use to distinguish between fake and factual information on the
internet?
Fact Check!When in doubt, fact-check the information that you read! You can start with a simple
search to look into the keywords or the event that is being reported on. You can also use sites
like PolitiFact, FactCheck, and Snopes — all of which are extremely reputable fact checking sites for
a variety of issues and topics (not just politics)
Check the Author’s sources They contain interviews with individuals who can confirm or deny they
made the claim. They are supported by evidence, dates, and other data that can be fact checked. Be
wary of sources that cannot substantiate their claims.
Always remember that Fake news is created to influence public opinion or make money -- not to
educate. Real news is often not nearly as compelling as the world-ending conclusion that couldn't be
proven.
 THE GLOBAL CITY

1. In what sense are cities mediums of globalization?

It is often said that the world is turning into a “global village”. In reality, it is much more a “global
city”: today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities (although often under poor
conditions), and many metropolises of the world are much more economically productive and
significant with respect to global networks than most of the world’s states.
It is centered on cities because they have played a crucial role throughout the whole process as centers
of exchange and as focal points of developments. It is here that two rather different strands of
literature meet: On the one hand, there is vivid research on “global cities”

2. Why is economic power the most crucial determinant of a global city?

Global city term begins to be referred with the emergence of global economic system.It is tried to be
defined as an urban center for world economies. Global city is emphasizedwith the spatial conjunction
of world economic systems of both production and consumption. This conjunction forms an
international network of global cities.
Companies—midsize and large multinational companies (MNCs) —need to figure out where to sell
their goods and services. In their home market, they must decide geographically where to plant their
headquarters, regional offices, production, distribution, and sales management. Companies have to
choose the right cities, because city advantage is more decisive for business success than national
advantage.

3. Why is there a lot of inequality in global cities?

There are a lot of inequality in global cities the reason include access to voting rights, freedom of
speech and assembly, the extent of property rights and access to education, health care, quality
housing, traveling, transportation, vacationing and other social goods and services.
Apart from that it can also be seen in the quality of family, occupation, job satisfaction, and access to
credit. If these economic divisions harden, they can lead to social inequality. The reasons for social
inequality can vary, but are often broad and far reaching.
Social inequality can emerge through a society's understanding of appropriate gender roles, or through
the prevalence of social stereotyping.
Social inequality can also be established through discriminatory legislation.
Social inequalities exist between ethnic or religious groups, classes and countries making the concept
of social inequality a global phenomenon.
Social inequality is different from economic inequality, though the two are linked.
Social inequality refers to disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income as well as
between the overall quality and luxury of each person's existence within a society, while economic
inequality is caused by the unequal accumulation of wealth; social inequality exists because the lack
of wealth in certain areas prohibits these people from obtaining the same housing, health care, etc. as
the wealthy, in societies where access to these social goods depends on wealth.
Social inequality is linked to racial inequality, gender inequality, and wealth inequality.
The way people behave socially, through racist or sexist practices and other forms of discrimination,
tends to trickle down and affect the opportunities and wealthy individuals can generate for
themselves.
 GLOBAL DEMOGRAPHY

1. Do you believe in the neo-Malthusian argument? Why or why not?

Probably yes, It is completely undeniable that the best population control is education and welfare.
Look at ALL the most developed countries and you’ll see how birth rates are down and age is getting
higher.
There have been programs for the education of women in places like the south-east asia (I think one
of the biggest was in India or Bangladesh or somewhere around there) and where families previously
had like 12 kids on average and could barely scrape by, after the program they had 1 or 2 kids, three
in some rare cases, and the livelihood was much better.
Better education for women means better education for their kids too. Better education means a better
workforce which means a huge push for the economy, among other things.
Of course, I don’t mean that women only should have better education. It’s just that they are usually
those most neglected, around the world. The best possible education for everyone is what we should
strive for.

2. How can technology and interventions in developmentoffset the pressures of population

growth?
Basic resources that limit population growth are: Food, Water, Shelter, and Energy. Today, food is
produced by an abundance of farm machinery, petrochemical fertilizers, irrigation, much of it derived
from energy. Shelter is produced in a similar way derived from energy. Potable and irrigation water is
produced by harvesting aquifers, rivers, and fresh water lakes using energy. Main sources of energy
are Petrochemical, hydroelectric, coal, Natural Gas, Nuclear, etc.

3. Under what circumstance is rapid population growth beneficial to societies?

There are only a few circumstances wherein rapid population growth is beneficial for some societies,
and here are some of those reasons. First a growing elderly population can be a big problem. When a
generation becomes disinterested in raising a family, the country will face an overpopulation of
elderly people with no descendants to care for them. Often times, they would have to import
caregivers for these lonely seniors. A growing rapidly economy needs workers to fill its
manufacturing sector. This can be a problem for some nations with a population with a low birthrate.
They may even resort to attracting foreign labor to fill the shortage in the workforce.
A nation is vulnerable to foreign invasion when the population is too low. This is an unlikely scenario
but it is alarming when disagreements between nations become a common occurrence, it is a cause for
concern.