- you can record your surroundings, therefore issues of privacy are to be considered here
What are the positive elements to Globalisation that the article highlights?
- the world becomes more accessible and people are enriched by getting to know and understand it better
- increased opportunities empower people
- info can enhance democratic process
- ownership and how it is harder for smaller organisations to excel worldwide
- difficult for smaller organisations to compete with bigger organisations
What is a techno-panic? How does it link to moral panics?
A techo-panic is the fear of contemporary technology and the potential affects it could have on a consumer, this is similar to moral panics and the fear of society as a threat to someone.
What is your opinion on the privacy debate and major corporations being able to access large quantities of personal data?
I think this is a negative thing, especially because I think that your data should be exclusive to you and only you and if corporations are able to access your data then they are able to also share this data. The fact that organisations are able to access your private information is a clear issue and the bigger issue is that hackers are also able to access this, which means individuals have to be much more aware online.
Globalisation and capitalism
Who coined the phrase 'a global village' and what multinational companies illustrate this?
Marshall McLuhan - Multi-National organisations have decreased the size of their production.
What role does Slavoj Zizek suggest the media plays in global capitalism? How can you link this to our previous work on Marxism and Hegemony?
Refers to the exchange and industry and how this is being controlled by private owners for the profit and benefit. Global capitalism is no longer a class based framework, therefore this relates to the idea of pluralism and a classless society. Global capitalism relates to marxism through the multi-national organisations being the leaders of the capital and therefore people are accepting of that fact, linking to the idea of hegemony.
What does 'capitalism with a conscience' mean?
Helping out the environment as well is incorporated within capitalism, becoming a conscious matter that we have to purchase goods that are for example, 'Fair Trade' or environmentally friendly.
What is the (PRODUCT) RED campaign?
Global conscience and consumerism
Founded in 2006 by Bono - raising awareness of AIDs.
Based on what you've read in the Factsheet, what is YOUR opinion of the (PRODUCT) RED brand? Is it a positive force helping to fight AIDS in Africa or a cynical attempt to make multinational companies look more ethical than they actually are?
I think that raising awareness of AIDs is a particularly important thing and I think this campaign has good intentions, however I think that multi-national organisations are using this as a pure opportunity to become more 'ethical' and recognised for becoming 'good.' This therefore shows that the product RED brand is simply snapped up by major corporations rather than for greater good.
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