Essay Outline

Topic: Globalisation and the impact of globalization

Research question:

How has globalization impact the daily lives of Singaporeans?

Thesis statement: Globalization has impacted Singaporean in almost every aspect and every age group.

Introduction:

-       Background:

1.     Problem: Globalization has vastly affected the lives of Singaporean, both in the positive and negative way.

2.     Solution: Stronger discipline and emphasis my parents (Targeted at younger age group) – Social aspect

Paragraph 1:
Topic sentence: Globalization has affected the social lives of Singaporean.

Description: Youths (young adolescence) has easy access to technology ie handphone/iphone/ipad etc.  It is an evident problem because most of the time is invested on these new attractive technology instead of their social lives ie. Playing with peers

Play is important for children, especially for development – cognitive and gross motor abilities (Evidence from development theories)

Existing solution: stronger enforcement by parents

Effectiveness: It is not effective. Parents themselves are guilty of this problem as well. Many parents are young parents who are highly dependent on such technology. Many of them were already present during the revolution of technology.

Improvement technology: Increase public awareness/ campaigns. Highlight the importance of social lives in the aspect of development.

Paragraph 2:
Topic sentence: Globalization has increased the risk of terrorism.

Description: Singapore is a very open country (High volume of trade, immigrants, flight industry), hence is very prone and susceptible to terrorism attack. Furthermore, Singapore is a strong supporter of anti-terrorism and has built a close relationship with the United States (Another strong supporter of anti-terrorism), therefore is a prime target for terrorism.

Existing solution: Increased security in almost every possible location of terrorism ie airport, in MRT trains, security checks at every MRT stations.

Another existing solution is an increased in awareness amongst the people ie. Advertisement published to raise the awareness of people.

Effectiveness: Effective. There is no terrorism attack thus far, able to raise the alarm when needed – lesser time needed for reaction.

Existing solution: Unannounced drill can be conducted to raise the awareness of the public and to hone the abilities of our security force.

Paragraph 3:

Topic sentence: Globalization has resulted in a lost in culture

Description: As a result of globalization, Singapore is gradually losing her culture and slowly embracing increasing number of western culture ie Halloween. This is a result of homogenization of culture around the world, which is slowly taking over the traditional culture in Singapore.

Youth have been interested in these westernized cultures and tend to pay lesser attention to Singapore culture ie Racial Harmony Day does not play an important role in their lives.

Existing solution: Increasing emphasis in school

Effectiveness: Not effective. Youth tend to forget these cultures once they leave school.

Improvement on existing solution: Increasing awareness and national education.

Reader Response Draft 2

In the article "Globalization of Culture Through the Media", Kraidy (2002) discusses that cultural globalization is a result of cultural and media imperialism.  As Kraidy mentions, western countries have manipulated mass media to exert their cultural influences across the world, especially the developing states. As interaction between countries increases, there is a shift from a parasitic relationship to a mutualistic one – Globalization. Mass media’s great contribution towards the homogenization of cultural difference proves that it is one of the main driving forces of cultural globalization. However, it still remains debatable whether media acts as the trigger of such revolution, or simply accelerates the process.

In modern society, just by a click will render countless information at our disposal. As a result of globalization, we are becoming increasingly interconnected within the globe. With increasing number of social media networks, it is difficult not to be connected with the rest of the world. By using Facebook, we are able to network with people in different countries. Since the revolution of Internet, a country’s domestic news becomes more easily available and accessible. For instance, stories about the wreck left behind after the most recent Thailand political elections is circulated everywhere almost everywhere on the Internet. The “World Wide Web” phenomenon has resulted in a ‘symbiotic association’ that no one has ever predicted.

Globalization is driven not solely by mass media. There are several other factors that proliferated globalization. Resources needed for a country’s individual growth are dispersed and we have to depend on one another for trade.  It is essential to have vital connections amongst country for economic purposes, especially for countries such as Singapore. With no natural resources and land scarcity, she heavily depends on the trading industry.

Building a good military relationship is another factor that promotes globalization. Since the Second World War, countries began multinational military trainings and even joint military exercises. In 2012, Singapore held a bilateral Navy training with Australia. The training was titled Singapore. As a result of military exchanges at a multinational level, it is inevitable that countries are becoming interconnected as one, fuelling globalization.

It is hard to refute that there is a transition from media imperialism over the developing states to a tightly weaved international relationship. Globalization of culture has become a conceptual magnet (Kraidy, 2004), resulting in the proliferation of knowledge, culture and society. However, there are other underlying reasons for the rapid globalization experienced by everyone. Globalization is like a burning torch, which will evolve into a burning flame when fuelled by external factors.

Reader response draft 1

In the article "Globalization of Culture Through the Media", Kraidy (2002) discusses that cultural globalization is a result of cultural and media imperialism.  As Kraidy mentions, western countries have manipulated mass media to exert their cultural influences across the world, especially the developing states. As interaction between countries increases, there is a shift from a parasitic relationship to a mutualistic one – Globalization. Mass media’s great contribution towards the homogenization of cultural difference proves that it is one of the main driving forces of cultural globalization. However, it still remains debatable whether media acts as the trigger of such revolution, or simply accelerates the process.

I agree with Kraidy that mass media serves as an vital platform for the spread of globalisation. In modern society, just by a click will render countless information at our disposal. As a result of globalization, we are becoming increasingly interconnected within the globe. With increasing number of social media networks, it is difficult not to be connected with the rest of the world. By using Facebook, we are able to network with people in different countries and to a certain extent, stick our nose into their private lives.  Since the revolution of Internet, a country’s domestic news becomes more easily available and accessible. For instance, stories about the wreck left behind after the most recent Thailand political elections is circulated everywhere almost everywhere on the Internet. The “World Wide Web” phenomenon has resulted in a ‘symbiotic association’ that no one has ever predicted.

However, globalization is driven not solely by mass media. There are several other factors that proliferated globalization. Resources needed for a country’s individual growth are dispersed and we have to depend on one another for trade.  It is essential to have vital connections amongst country for economic purposes, especially for countries such as Singapore. With no natural resources and land scarcity, she heavily depends on the trading industry.

Since the Second World War, countries began multinational military trainings and even joint military exercises. In 2012, Singapore held a bilateral Navy training with Australia. The training was titled Singapore. As a result of military exchanges at a multinational level, it is inevitable that countries are becoming interconnected as one, fuelling globalization.

It is hard to refute that there is a transition from media imperialism over the developing states to a tightly weaved international relationship. Knowledge of different parts of the world, culture and society began spreading across the globe due to mass media. However, there are other underlying reasons for the rapid globalization experienced by everyone. Globalization is like a burning torch, which will evolve into a burning flame when fuelled by external factors.

Summary of globalisation of culture through media

In the article "Globalisation of Culture Through the Media", Kraidy(2002) discusses that cultural globalisation is a result of cultural and media imperialism.  As Kraidy mentions, western countries have manipulated mass media to exert their cultural influences across the world, especially the developing states. As interaction between countries increases, there is a shift from a parasitic relationship to a mutualistic one. Mass media’s great contribution towards the homogenization of cultural difference proves that it is one of the main driving forces of cultural globalization. However, it still remains debatable whether media acts as the trigger of such revolution, or simply accelerates the process.