Globalization of Youth Culture

GLOBALIZATION AND YOUTH CULTURE

Possibility of the Globalization of Youth Culture

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Globalization an Yout! Cultu"e

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Possibility of the Globalization of Youth Culture

T!e te"ms $lobalization an %ultu"e !a&e i''e"ent meanin$s to i''e"ent (eo(le) T!ei" "elations!i( *it! t!e +out! an "eli$ion is un%lea") Inte"t*inin$ o' t!e sub,e%ts o' $lobalization an t!e eme"$in$ %ultu"al issues s!a(es t!ei" 'utu"e) Globalization is %ommon in (oliti%s an e%onomi%s) Ho*e&e"- %ultu"e is &e"+ essential in t!e stu+ o' $lobalization be%ause o' t!ei" %lose "elations!i() .ome (eo(le see %ultu"e as an int"insi% as(e%t o' t!e enti"e $lobalization ("o%ess*!e"eas ot!e"s a"$ue t!e ("io"it+ o' %ultu"e b+ t!e statement /e0 %!an$e o' mate"ial lo%alizese0%!an$e o' (oliti%s inte"nationalizes an s+mboli% e0%!an$es $lobalize Be""+ #223- () 4#56) Ne&e"t!eless- im(li%ations o' %ultu"e a"e %ent"al to une"stanin$ t!e !uman sie o' $lobalization an !o* t!e %ultu"e o' t!e +out! *ill !a&e a 7e+ bea"in$ on its 'utu"e) Globalization is a ne* bo"n %ultu"e *it! no bouna"ies an s("eas a%"oss t!e *o"l) T!e"e'o"et!e"e is a s+mbioti% "elations!i( bet*een $lobalization an +out! %ultu"e) Des(ite t!e %om(le0it+ o' t!e eme"$in$ +out! %ultu"e an its e'ian%e to "easonin$- it is essential in une"stanin$ t!e 'utu"e o' bot! "eli$ion an $lobalization) Youn$ (eo(le a"e %u""entl+ %onsie"e as t!e eme"$in$ *o"l ma"7et an *innin$ t!ei" lo+alt+ is &ital to an+ t+(e o' business Be""+ #223- () 4416) The Impact of Technology on Young people

T!e +out! !a&e emb"a%e te%!nolo$+ a&an%ements *it! (assion) T!is is be%ause t!e +nami% *o"l !as t!e latest te%!nolo$+- *!i%! is (a"t o' e&e"+a+ li'est+les 'o" (eo(le to o(e"ate 'luentl+) T!ei" 7no*le$e le&els o' te%!nolo$+ also e0%ee t!e 7no*le$e o' t!ose in t!e ("e&ious $ene"ations Rui%7 #224- () 4486) T!e"e'o"e- te%!nolo$+ !as b"ou$!t to$et!e" man+ (eo(le o' &a"ious ba%7$"ouns *o"l*ie) T!is is be%ause t!e (o*e" o' musi% an meia enables ini&iuals a%"oss t!e *o"l to *at%! an listen to simila" &ieos an musi%) 9ost o' t!e +oun$


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(o(ulation is t"+in$ to 'in a (la%e t!e+ %an be &alue an belon$) A%%o"in$ to Rui%7 #224 () 446- t!e *o"l is &e"+ '"a$ile an t!e +out! 'o"m (a"tne"s!i(s- an ten to mo&e a*a+ '"om t!e mentalit+ o' total sel';"elian%e an li&in$ ine(enentl+) T!e+ !a&e t!ei" o*n "i$!t an esi"e to be (a"t o' somet!in$ bi$$e") To a%!ie&e t!is- t!e+ ma7e use o' t!e %u""ent te%!nolo$+es(e%iall+ t!e so%ial sites to ente" t!e $lobal *o"l) The Impact of Globalization on Indigenous Cultures

Globalization !as le to a %om("e!ensi&e e0(loitation o' man+ %ultu"eses(e%iall+ in t!e tou"ism inust"+) Ensu"in$ ease o' a%%ess to t!ose a"eas b+ ot!e" tou"ists enables inte"a%tion o' (eo(le '"om i''e"ent %ultu"es 

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Ho*e&e"- multinational %o"(o"ations &ie* ini$enous %ommunities as a &aluable une0(loite %ommoit+) T!is ne$ati&el+ a''e%ts lo%al en&i"onment be%ause it $ene"ates su(e"no"mal ("o'its 'o" la"$e o"$anizations) T!e %onsume"ist natu"e o' $lobalization %ont"ai%ts t"aitional %ultu"al &alues) It oes not %onsie" t!e so%ioe%onomi% an %ultu"al %i"%umstan%es but loo7s at t!e inte"ests o' in'luential %ount"ies) Impact of Globalization on Education

A%%o"in$ to .all+ an 9o""ison #22?6- $lobalization !as a''e%te eu%ation in "emote %ultu"es t!at la%7e a%%ess in ("e&ious +ea"s) T!is !as o(ene oo"s- not onl+ to o((o"tunities 'o" eu%ation- but also t!e $lobal em(lo+ment o((o"tunities) Global %itizens an t!e *ell eu%ate *o"7'o"%e o' t!e eme"$in$ $lobalization s+stem s!i't eu%ational ("io"ities an %"eate tu"moil in t"aitional st+les o' eu%ation) As %ount"ies "e%o$nize $ lobalization e''e%ts- some !a&e sta"te establis!in$ $uielines to ("ese"&e t!ei" %ultu"al i&e"sit+ *it!in t!e eu%ational '"ame*o"7 to meet t!e eme"$in$ $lobal nees) Also- t!e esi"e to lea"n En$lis! lan$ua$e !as in%"ease *o"l*ie) En$lis! !as eme"$e as a *o"l@s lin7in$ $lobal lan$ua$e ma7in$ a bi$ numbe" o' +out! to (u"sue it at t!e une"$"auate le&els) A uni&e"sal lan$ua$e o' tea%!in$ is essential as a natu"al out%ome o' $lobalization) On t!e ot!e" !an- $lobalization !as a ne$ati&e im(a%t on eu%ation) In %ount"ies li7e Ni$e"ia- t!e o&e"abunan%e o' lan$ua$es in t!e lo%al %ommunities %om(li%ates t!e tas7 o' eu%atin$ %itizens) T!e"e'o"e- to maintain %ultu"al i&e"sit+- allo*an%es nee to be mae to t!e lo%al lan$ua$es .all+  9o""ison- #22?6) Impact of Globalization on the Knowledgeable Community


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Globalization !as le to %omme"%ialization an ("i&atization o' 7no*le$e leain$ to a 7no*le$eable %ommunit+) A 7no*le$eable %ommunit+ !i$!l+ %ont"ibutes to national (oliti%al- e%onomi% an so%ial e&elo(ment) Cultu"al $"ou(s- mostl+ 'o"me b+ t!e +out! %ont"ibute in ("o&ision o' t!e 7no*le$e) As t!e $lobalization (a%e in%"eases- ne* o((o"tunities an %!allen$es %ontinue to eme"$e *it!in t!e %ommunit+) !ile it !as b"ou$!t ma,o" bene'its to &a"ious se%to"s- &a"ious %ultu"es "emain &ulne"able to illite"a%+- *!e"eb+ t!e +out! *ill be t!e most a''e%te ue to t!e +namism o' t!e %ontem(o"a"+ *o"l) Positive Influence of Globalization on Cultural Diversity

Te%!nolo$+ em(o*e"s t!e +out! '"om man+ %ultu"es b+ allo*in$ in'o"mation s!a"in$ an sel' "e("esentation on a *!ole ne* le&el) It ("o&ies a meium 'o" t!e e(i%tion o' ima$es an (o"t"a+ sel';ientit+ to ("o&ie means in *!i%! t"uism is establis!e) Cente"s o' $lobal meia allo* +out! '"om i''e"ent %ultu"es to !a&e a istin%ti&e &oi%e in ("omotin$ a*a"eness an %"eatin$ (ubli% 7no*le$e o' sto"ies an ientities) Also- it allo*s %ommuni%ation o' "ele&ant a%%ounts an %ommenta"ies on issues im(o"tant in t!e a%=uisition o' 7no*le$e an ("ese"&ation o' %ultu"e- t!e"eb+ "etainin$ t!ei" i&e"sit+ Rui%7 #224- () 4846) 9ost o' t!e +out! !a&e in&este in meia ("ou%tion 'i"ms an %ont"ol t!ei" a"ti'a%tsson$s- si$ns an s+mbols "e$a"e as %ultu"al ("o(e"t+) T!is assists t!em *it! bette" e=ui(mentan it be%omes eas+ to mana$e an a&oi mis"e("esentation) 9ass meia oes not onl+ est"o+ %ultu"e but also "e&italize an "esto"e %ultu"al ("ese"&ations o' &a"ious nations) Te%!nolo$+ is use in ("ese"&in$ (e"sonal an %olle%ti&e ientit+ an  ("o&iin$ (o*e" an autonom+) Global (ositionin$ o' %ultu"es allo*s t!ose (oliti%al an so%ial (o*e"s ("e&iousl+ not seen to be e&ient) Globalization !as !ei$!tene t!e le&els o' in'o"mation e0%!an$e an so%ial net*o"7in$)


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T!is !as been a%!ie&e t!"ou$! (lat'o"ms 'o" net*o"7in$ li7e T*itte" an a%eboo7) It is an o((o"tunit+ 'o" im("o&e ("oblem sol&in$ st"ate$ies '"om ot!e" %ultu"es t!at e0(e"ien%e simila" %!allen$es) Also- it is a (lat'o"m 'o" iea $lobalization- %am(ai$ns- &ie*(oints an st"ate$ies t!at $a"ne" (oliti%al (o*e" an %ulti&ate inte"ests) Global te%!nolo$+ b oosts (ubli% a*a"eness o' %ommuni%ation te%!nolo$+ an ("o&ies t!e abilit+ to 'oste" an st"en$t!en t!e "elations!i( an %"eate a $lobal &illa$e) T!is %ont"ibutes most in st"en$t!enin$ $lobal %ultu"es) Rui%7 #224- () 486 (oints out t!at $lobal a*a"eness ("o&ies man+ be ne'its to in%lue s(otli$!t on $o&e"nment (oli%ies- li&in$ %onitions- a%%ess to eu%ation an in,usti%est!e"eb+ ("omotin$ e%onomi% ("essu"e to 'o"ei$n nations to ("omote national %!an$e) Cultu"al a*a"eness leas to t!e une"stanin$- em(at!+ an tole"an%e but t!e $lobal ma"7ets %an lea to e%onomi%- em(lo+ment an eu%ational o((o"tunities) It is e&ient t!at in most %ommunities%ommuni%ation bet*een %ultu"es !as lea to im("o&e %"eati&it+ amon$ t!e +oun$ (o(ulation) Di&e"sit+ is &alue in t!e inte"national %ommunit+ an is bein$ ("omote t!"ou$! &a"ious inte"national o"$anizations *!ose most o' t!ei" em(lo+ees a"e t!e +out!) egative Influence of Globalization on Cultural Diversity

Be%ause o' t!e e0t"ao"ina"+ a%%ess to &a"ious %ultu"es- t!e"e is a mu%! *ie" auien%e to see- !ea" an e0(e"ien%e t!e (!enomena t!an e&e" be'o"e) .te"eot+(in$ an mis"e("esentation o' "is7 o' loss o' %ultu"al ("o(e"t+ "i$!ts a"e t!e out%omes o' unmonito"e a%%ess) .ome ne$ati&e e''e%ts o' $lobalization on %ultu"al i&e"sit+ in%lue t!e in'luen%e o' multinational 'i"ms on t!e ("omotion o' %onsume" %ultu"e an ma"7et e0(loitation t!at in'luen%e so%ietal &alues) In%"ease a&ailabilit+ o' %omme"%ial ("ou%ts an meia also a''e%t t!e in'luen%es o' lo%al %ultu"eses(e%iall+ t!e +out! Rui%7 #224- () 4>86)


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Lose o' $"ou( ientit+ an ini&iualism o%%u"s as $lobalization en%ou"a$es a *este"n ieal o' ini&iualism) T!is leas to a !omo$eneous set o' belie's an &alues) Ao(tin$ *este"n ieolo$ies an %ultu"e is e&ient in t!e e&elo(ment o' t!e %om(ute";meiate te%!nolo$iesma"7ete an ("o%esse t!"ou$! *este"n ma"7ets) Toa+@s %ultu"e ete"mines t!e ne0t $"eatest te%!nolo$+ an t!e ne0t %omme"%ial $a$et to be o''e"e to ini&iuals) T!e int"ou%tion o' e; lea"nin$ te%!nolo$ies b"in$s about %olonization be%ause o' t!e %u""i%ulum t!at mimi%s t!e %o$niti&e st+les o' t!e ominatin$ %ultu"e) A%%o"in$ to Rui%7 #224- () 4>56- t!e ("esent le$al- eu%ation an (o*e" st"u%tu"es "e("esent *este"n (!iloso(!ies an ieas) T!e +out! a"e use'ul in stimulatin$ t!ese ieas into t!ei" %ultu"es an (a"ai$m *it! 'a" most "ea%!in$ e''e%ts) 9o"eo&e"- $lobalization !as a ne$ati&e im(a%t on %ultu"al "i$!ts an intelle%tual ("o(e"t+) Global a%%ess to in'o"mation o(ens t!e $ate*a+ to a%=ui"e %ultu"al ("o(e"t+ an in'o"mation) Cultu"al an%es- son$s- "ituals- a"ti'a%ts an si$ns a%t as li&in$ ientities o' i''e"ent %ultu"es) Usin$ t!ese ima$es an mis"e("esentin$ t!ei" "i$!ts is %onsie"e as t!e't o' ("o(e"t+ an %"ime a$ainst %o mmunities) The Youth and Terrorism !The Terror Culture"

Toa+- te""o"ism is a t!"eat to t!e *o"l@s se%u"it+) Ne* "e%"uits 'o" te""o"ism $"ou(s a%"oss t!e *o"l a"e usuall+ +oun$ sin$le males) 9a,o"it+ o' t!e +out! &oluntee" to ,oin su%! $"ou(s be%ause o' (o&e"t+- la%7 o' s%!ool 'ees t!at lea to s%!ool "o(outs an (oo" u(b"in$in$) Also- ot!e"s a"e membe"s o' t!e so%iall+ an 'inan%iall+ ma"$inalize $"ou( o' (eo(le) Cu""entl+o&e" 82 o' t!e *o"l@s (o(ulation is belo* t!e a$e o' 13) A%%o"in$ to t!e Unite Nations "e(o"ts- 38 o' t!e $lobal (o(ulation 'o" +out! li&es in t!e t!i" *o"l %ount"ies an t!e"e a"e 'utu"e ("o,e%tions o' a "ise to 35 b+ #2#2 Rui%7 #224- () 4>16)


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Conclusion

Cultu"e is t!e total (atte"n o' !uman be!a&io" an its ("ou%ts in a%tion- s(ee%! an a"ti'a%ts e(en on ini&iuals@ %a(abilit+ to lea"n an t"ansmit 7no*le$e to t!e 'utu"e $ene"ations) Globalization (oints out t!at t!e "esultin$ absen%e o' %ultu"al i&e"sit+ *ill lea to in!e"itan%e o' t!e *este"n %ultu"e b+ t!e 'utu"e $ene"ations) Re$a"less o' t!e (ositi&e o" t!e ne$ati&e im(a%t o' $lobalization- "elations to %ultu"e an institutional i&e"sit+ ma+ be t!e bi$$est all+) In &a"ious nations- ste(s a"e in (la%e to sta+ %u""ent *it! t!e eme"$in$ $lobalization t"ens) T!e ("ou%ti&it+ an eu%ation o' labo" 'o"%es *it!in t!e inte"national %ommunit+ leas to a$$"essi&el+ emb"a%in$ o' eu%ation s+stems) Ho*e&e"- $lobalization %om(li%ates t!e ("o%ess o' eu%ation) T!is !as %"eate o((o"tunities 'o" nations to b"ea7out o' t"aitional moels o' eu%ation an mo&e to*a" !a&in$ 7no*le$eable %ommunities) A $lobal (e"son !as t!e %a(abilit+ to a%t lo%all+ an also t!in7 $loball+) T!is ma7es t!e (e"son maintain %ultu"al i&e"sit+ an e0(ose ot!e" %itizens to t!e bene'its o' $lobalization) T!e"e'o"e- $lobalization %an ("o&ie a st"on$ %olle%ti&e ientit+ an em(o*e" ini&iuals an $"ou(s) It %an also ("o&ie means 'o" isem(o*e"mentmis"e("esentation an (ossibilit+ 'o" 'u"t!e" %olonization) To st"en$t!en t!e +out! %ultu"e b+ $lobalization- t!e"e s!oul be means an *!e"e*it!al to $i&e ai to %ultu"al $"ou(s t!at attem(t to ma7e a i''e"en%e in t!e so%iet+ as *ell as maintain t!ei" set o' ("a%ti%es- &alues an belie's)

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