1. What is your understanding of globalization?

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Globalization is the growing connection of people and countries. It is also a way
of recognizing what a country can offer such as products, culture, information and
advanced technology in global stage.
2. What are its good and bad sign?
The good side of globalization is it provide jobs to people giving them regular and
increase in income. It also gives easier access to avail products in affordable
prices around the world. Technological advancement is also one of the good
effects of globalization. It makes the job of workers and daily living more
convenient. On the other hand, the bad side of globalization is poor people stays
poor as rich people are the most benefited by it in some countries. As
globalization gives a lot of opportunities to some, others are also losing
opportunities due to competition of local and international business in a country.
Some workers may also lose their jobs as some companies are investing to more
advanced production like using machineries instead of human labor.
3. What are the impacts of globalization in communication?
Globalization introduced different ways of communication in doing businesses.
With the use of modern technology, it made industries around the world
connected. The following are some of the impacts of globalization in business:
1. Virtual interaction – it includes video calls, emails and chats as a way of
communication between two or more persons. Meetings in virtual and face to
face setting have difference that is why it is important to study its difference
and to adapt on each one.
2. Cultural awareness in speech – it is a must to study and learn about the culture
of other entity to assure misunderstanding and misinterpretation of what is
said.
3. Cultural awareness in body language – In a face to face setting, it is important
to consider the physical expression that we present. Considering the speaking
distance, eye contact and posture is important especially if the one that you are
talking to has different culture. It may result to other person being
uncomfortable and feel disrespected.
4. Time differences – it is important to consider the time zone in some parts of
the world. The one that you may talk to may be asleep or busy because of
different time zone from your country so respecting the time difference is a
great consideration.

4. What are its impacts to global communication?

There are three major impacts of communication on global communication
according Danev (2017):
 Availability of information – with the advancement of different
technologies, it gave people a more convenient access to several
 information such as news on television with different channels and
browsing to different websites.
 Business conduct – companies around the world need not to travel to
attend meetings and conferences as the introduction of emails and video
calls are already possible.
 Social Awareness – with the easy access of information in websites and
other platforms, it increases the awareness of people around the world. It
also enables them to share their opinions, researches and projects that may
be helpful to others.

5. What are the impacts of technology on communication?

“Padilla, Dagdag and Rojas” (n.d.) said that the impacts of technology on
communication are:
1. Technology provides us with unlimited information – with unending question
we have in our mind, we could get answers by just searching it online and
getting information to credible websites.
2. It creates opportunities for meeting new people – a lot of social media
platforms are available online and it gives opportunity to meet new people by
posting pictures and videos, chatting and playing games with other people
around the world.
3. It helps us keep in touch with family and friends anywhere in the world – with
the development of technologies, it made communication between families
and friends to keep in touch and converse. Writing letters and mailing it
through post office are quite expensive and takes days before being delivered
and it is great that emails and social media platforms were developed and
made communication easier and convenient between people.
4. It brings new diversity to our culture and our lives. Engaging to the
advancement of the technology changes also our daily lives. Through
browsing the internet, we could learn different cultures from different
countries. School projects can be done with the help of different applications
and editing apps. It also offers a lot of services like paying bills and shopping
online so that it would not consume a lot of time of a person.
5. It fosters better cooperation among different cultural groups. As social media
becomes a way to communicate with people around the world, we can also
exchange information to get more knowledge and improve our expertise.
According to Turkle (2012), the impact of technology in communication is it
isolates us. Almost everyone has a mobile phone. Wherever we go, we bring our
phones. Even if we watch tv with our families, we have a phone in hand that we
use that separate us from others. We use cellphones to connect with people that is
far from us, but the truth is, it also disconnects us from people around us.
It can also make us create second lives. (Gamble & Gamble, 2013). With almost
everyone of us is engaged with the use of different social media platforms, we
create a profile that we want to present to the world. With this virtual character, a
 lot of people are more engaged on the virtual community and takes most of their
time being online.

6. What is the connection of gender sensitivity on globalization? Give at least 10 neutral

words.
The connection of gender sensitivity to globalization is it enables people to
communicate without expressing discrimination, disrespect and show gender
equality with among themselves.
Some examples of gender-neutral words:
1. Ancestors, forebears (instead of forefathers)
2. Chair, chairperson, coordinator (instead of chairman)
3. Courteous, cultured (instead of ladylike)
4. First-year student (instead of freshman)
5. Human resources (instead of manpower)
6. Legislator, representative (instead of congressman)
7. People, humankind (instead mankind)
8. Person, individual (instead of man)
9. Police officer (instead of policeman)
10. Solidarity (instead of brotherhood)

7. What are the ten commandments of intercultural communication?

The ten commandments of Intercultural Communication by Martin Hahn (2005) are:
1. Be aware of differing social values.
2. Be aware of differing status symbols and how to demonstrate them.
3. Be aware of decision-making customs; not all people like to make decisions
quickly and efficiently.
4. Be aware of concepts of time; not all people like to see time as money.
5. Be aware of personal space; people from different cultures have different
“comfort zone”.
6. Be aware of cultural context; people from certain called (“high-context
culture”) rely less on verbal communication and more on the context of non-
verbal actions and environmental settings to be conveying meaning. People
from low-context cultures rely more on verbal communication and less on
circumstances and implied meaning to convey meaning.
7. Be aware of body language; learn the basic differences in the way people
supplement their words with body movement.
8. Be aware of different etiquette rules or manners; what is polite in one culture
may be considered rude in another.
9. Be aware of legal and ethical behavior.
10. Be aware of language barriers: English is the most prevalent language in the
international business, but it is a mistake to assume that everyone understands
it.
8. What is political correctness? Give at least ten political terms.
Political correctness is the usage of proper terms on language, policies or measures to
show respect and avoid offense towards others. It avoids people feeling discriminated,
insulted, excluding and marginalizing by their race, gender or appearance.
Some political terms that can be used are:
 Academic dishonesty (instead of cheating)
 Drug dependent (instead of drug addict)
 Elderly or senior (instead of old)
 Informal settlers (instead of squatters)
 Intellectually impaired (instead of stupid)
 Outdoor urban dwellers (instead of homeless)
 Rape survivor (instead of rape victim)
 Technologically challenged (instead of computer illiterate)
 Vertically challenged (instead of short)
 Visually challenged (instead of blind)