Blog #10: Globalization

Globalization is way in which a vasts amount of people are interconnected through media outlets. These interconnections lead to new opportunities to exchange information, goods, ideas, etc. A good example of globalization is the internet and television.With globalization and its power to reach across many continents, comes a term known as glocalization which is an idea or concept that was used successfully in one place and is then adapted to another. For example, after the success of the TV show Pop Idol in the United Kingdom  its producers decided to adapt it for American audiences and renamed it American Idol which has proved to be one of the biggest and successful show to date.