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Globalization is a process of integration between people and companies across nations driven by international trade, investment, and information technology. It has impacted cultures, economies, and communication globally. Global communication has been directly affected by globalization, increasing business opportunities by making it easier to connect and share information worldwide, helping to reduce cultural barriers through increased awareness and interactions between different cultures, and developing a more connected "global village" through widespread internet and telecommunications access. Virtual interactions have also become a major part of global business communication due to globalization.

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Lesson 3 Communication & Globalixzation

Globalization is a process of integration between people and companies across nations driven by international trade, investment, and information technology. It has impacted cultures, economies, and communication globally. Global communication has been directly affected by globalization, increasing business opportunities by making it easier to connect and share information worldwide, helping to reduce cultural barriers through increased awareness and interactions between different cultures, and developing a more connected "global village" through widespread internet and telecommunications access. Virtual interactions have also become a major part of global business communication due to globalization.

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LESSON3

COMMUNICATION AND GLOBALIZATION

What is Globalization?
It is a process of interaction and integration among people, companies and government of
different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by
information technology. This process has effects on the environment, on culture, on political
systems, on economic development and prosperity and on human physical well-being in societies
around the world.

Technology has been the other principal driver of globalization. Advances in information
technology, in particular, have dramatically transformed economic life, information technologies
have given all sorts of individual economic actors—consumers, investors, businesses—valuable
new tools for identifying and pursuing economic opportunities, including faster and more
informed analyses of economic trends around the world, easy transfers of assets, and
collaboration with far-flung partners.

Globalization is deeply controversial, however. Proponents of globalization argue that it


allows poor countries and their citizens to develop economically and raise their standards of
living, while opponents of globalization claim that the creation of an unfettered international free
market has benefited multinational corporations in the Western world at the expense of the local
enterprises, local cultures, and common people. Resistance to globalization has therefore taken
shape both at a popular and at a governmental level as people and government try to manage the
flow of capital, labor, goods, and ideas that constitute the current wave of globalization.

Impacts of Globalization on Communication


1. Virtual Interaction
2. Cultural awareness in Speech
3. Cultural awareness in body language
4. Time differences

Impacts of Globalization on Global communication


1. Availability of information
2. Business conduct
3. Social Awareness
4. The Problem

Effects of Globalization on Global communication

Connecting with people on the other side of the world is now much easier than it was a
few years ago. Satellites, fiber-optic cables and the internet make it effortless to share
information with those in different time zones and locations. Global communication is directly
affected by the process of globalization, and helps to increase business opportunities, remove
cultural barriers and develop a global village. Both globalization and global communication have
changed the environmental, cultural, political and economic elements of the world.

Increase business opportunities


Many companies today hire employees that are located in other countries. Using
communication vehicles such as video calling make it simple to converse with colleagues across
the globe, almost making it feel as if they are in the same room. Technology also makes it easier
to connect with suppliers and customers all over the world, and to streamline those relationships
through improves ordering, shipment tracking and so on. With this kind of communication
technology, many businesses are able to take advantage of opportunities in different countries or
cities, improving the economic outlook on a global level.

Fewer Cultural Barriers


Many people perceive culture to be the root of communication challenges. When people
from two different cultures try to exchange information, the way they speak, their body language
or their mannerisms can be interpreted differently by the other person. The way people approach
problems and how they participate in communities is all influenced by culture.

Globalization has made it possible, for example, for someone in Japan to understand how
someone in the U.S. goes about their day. With television and movies, cultural barriers are
becoming less prevalent. Being able to communicate effectively and frequently with colleagues
or friends across the planet helps people understand each other’s cultures a little better.

Creation of a Global Village


You’ve likely heard of the phrase "global village," coined by theorist Marshall McLuhan.
Affected both by globalization and global communication, the global village is created when
distance and isolation no longer matter because people are connected by technology. Wide-
spread telephone and internet access have been life-changing for many people across the world,
especially those in developing countries.

Globalization and global communication have made it easier to see people on the other
side of the world as a neighbor, instead of a stranger from a faraway land. There is so much
knowledge about other countries and cultures available online, that it’s no longer a complete
mystery.

Virtual Interactions
Globalization has introduced virtual communication and collaboration as a major part of
workplace dynamics. Modern entrepreneurs need to understand the strengths and limitations of
different communications media, and how to use each medium to maximum effect.
For example, communicating via email to distant team members requires a certain
etiquette and nuance not necessarily required in face-to-face interactions. Holding virtual
meetings requires a similar change in approach, and people who are unaccustomed to
communicating in groups in virtual settings can find themselves lost, confused or unable to share
their input. When choosing a communication skills training program, look for courses that
address the challenges of virtual interactions.

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