Globalization
- What does the term globalization mean?
- How does Friedman define the three eras of globalization?
- Which technologies have had the biggest effect on globalization?
- What are some of the advantages brought about by globalization?
- What are the challenges of globalization?
- What perspective does Ghemawat provide regarding globalization in his book World 3.0?
- What does the term digital divide mean?
- What are Jakob Nielsen’s three stages of the digital divide?
- What was one of the key points of The Rise of the Network Society?
- Which country has the highest average Internet speed? How does your country compare?
Exercises - Compare the concept of Friedman’s “Globalization 3.0″ with Nielsen empowerment stage of the digital divide.
- Give one example of the digital divide and describe what you would do to address it.
- How did the research conducted by Paul Kim address the three levels of the digital divide?