Topic > Technology and Globalization - 703

Globalization as we know it in the 20th century is the growing relationship between the countries of the world and the countries' trade and communication. Globalization has helped people study and understand other cultures. The definition of the term “globalization” has increased at a very fast pace and not long ago, the term “globalize” was first included in the Merriam Webster dictionary in 1944. Technology has helped globalization to expand as it has made easier communication. with other members and made delivery easier. Technology never stops growing; therefore, it is helping globalization to grow year by year at an incredibly increasing rate. According to research conducted by the Globalization of Technology Center (2011), technology has created new modes of transportation and communication in a way that no human ever predicted was possible, for example: electricity grids, airlines, the Internet, and highway systems; These new ways helped shape what our ancestors did in the late 20th century and made it more intense than railroads and steamships. Information technology has contributed to globalization in important ways: social websites, access to knowledge, and online marketing. Information technology has contributed to globalization by introducing social websites. Programmers have used their creativity and vast knowledge to create a huge network of social websites on the Internet that are used all over the world and continue to grow by the second. Additionally, they created online games that included people playing from all over the world and that brought people closer together. Social websites have helped people communicate with random strangers as have blogs, where a group of people with the... middle of paper... id and made it a lot easier for us. Technology never stops developing, scientists and programmers are trying their best to find new ways and ideas on how to make transportation and communication easier and more efficient. We discuss how technologies have increased knowledge and how people think nowadays. Social websites and forums have increased dramatically in the last 10 years or so, people are becoming addicted to writing about their daily lives online or creating a digital diary instead of using regular diaries because it helps them share them with the world. Online markets have been used more efficiently than before as there has been a development in the transportation sector due to the increase in knowledge and technological sources.