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BACK TO BASICS

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, 8 April 2014 0 comments


BACK TO BASICS



Nowadays we live in so much rush, we have so much going on, we have in our hands the access for a lot of informaiton, not only local or national, we have global access. We can watch a lot of content from all over the world, we can eat food from all over the world, we can travel, we can speak with almost anyone using english. The world is really going GLOBAL.

But people is now realizing that they don't really like that... that they are missing home, and their own cultural things, their food, their clothes, their drinks, their everything. This is call Localism, and we can think that no, that this is a lie. But only think about how popular nowadays it's to have natural vegetable garden in our houses, people is looking for natural vegetables, natural and REAL things, they are tired of processed food.

And its incredible to see that this is happening here in Monterrey, such it's the example of the next places:

  • BREAD: craftsman and "artistic" bread http://bread.enmty.com/
  • FOOD: food and pot coffe https://www.facebook.com/paseustedcafe
  • ORGANIC FOOD: Classes about how to have your own orchad in house http://elquesiembracosecha.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/taller-de-huertos-urbanos/
There are a lot of examples of this and how in all the cities this trend it's a real thing. I really like the globalism in such aspects, but i think we took the wrong way, it's time to go back to basics and be global but in the right way.

By Eliamar Martínez G.

read more of this http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/03/localism-i-don-buy-it-201431845834225231.html

Comparison between México and Colombia.

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Sometimes we can take for grounded the difference between some countries which are in the same continent. So lets take a look into México and Colombia.

Population

 México actually has 118;564,077 as population and Colombia has about 47,073 million people.

According to "World Population Statistics" The number of Colombia is an increase of about 0.3% from the last census in the conutry.



The boom in working population

The labour force in México is about 78.2 million people which is divided in three sections:
  • Agriculture:  10.7%
  • Industry:       33.4%
  • Services:       55.9%
In Colombia the labour force is about 23.08 million people, also divided in this three sections:

  • Agriculture:   18%
  • Industry:        18.9%
  • Services:        63.1%

 Geographical Position

 México is in the south directly connected with Guatemala and Belize, which is one of the mains factor of immigrants of those countries. At the north, México is directly connected with USA. Once, an ex-president of México, Porfirio Díaz said: "México... so far from God and so close to the United States".

The geographical position of Colombia at the north is directly connected with "The Caribbean Sea" and at the south it is connected with Ecuador and Peru.


Trade Agreements

Colombia:
  • Andean Community
  • Group of Three
  • Caribbean Community (CARICOM Agreement)
  • World Trade Organization
  • USA, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Canada, Panama and Chile.
México: It is the biggest exporter and importer in Latin America
  • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
  • Japan, Uruguay, Israel, Chile, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Costa Rica
  • European Free Trade Association
  • TN Agreement
  • MERCOSUR
  • Group Of Three.

Piracy: The Sails of Media

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Our culture is it now conformed by different types of media. Technology now let people share their knowledge among the world and way of living. As a consequence of this culture is it now an important product of globalization opening the doors to other ways of thinking. Nowadays people can have access to music, movies, and other kind of media from all around the world. However, it is important to say that this access may be limited to some content leading to some illegal practices in order to reach it, such as piracy.
Although piracy have been criticized for not rewarding its intellectual creators, and all those people in their production, it may be the only access to culture to some people. Through piracy, it is possible to have foreign media and rise knowledge. For example, some electronic music it is only available in Europe and can be hardly found in Mexico. Even they are in fact famous, some of their can neither be found in online stores, leading to practices such as piracy.
An example of piracy in which it may have had help to share knowledge can be found in fansub. Fansubs is referred to content in which titles have been added in order to translate to a language, sometimes this is the only access to people in their language.
Even piracy does not fully reward its intellectual creators and people involved, it helps to spread its content among the world. This practice may not be legal at all, but it has an important impact to culture and knowledge in community.

YouTube for the World!!

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 A lot of people use YouTube every day, it is used for us to entertain and get information about really anything from all over the world. It is such an easy media to use and like I said, a lot of people all over the world use it.

In my case, and I guess a lot of us started using YouTube to watch funny videos for entertainment, but over the years it has evolved and now it not only has funny videos, but also news, tv shows, video blogs, music videos and so much information on video that it could be referred as a "videopedia". It is interesting that also, thanks to YouTube people can watch things from all over the world, we can use Google to find anything of any place around the world, and also we can use YouTube for that.

Like a blog, a fanpage, an account on Facebook or a Twitter account, YouTube can help people get together or get closer to other parts of the world and with other people too. So continue using it, and even if you think that maybe you are just watching a video from your own country, maybe someone from the other side of the globe it is also watching the same video.

And lets talk about other important thing about YouTube, and how it makes an impact on people, like viral videos that thanks to YouTube, and also other social media become global; and to remember this you can have a look on Psy and Ylvis.

Psy - Gangnam Style


Ylvis - The Fox(What Does The Fox Say?)

Can social media save the world? By Miriam Rubio

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Are #hashtags and RTs making a difference?

On this day and age it's easy to be informed about the goings-on of the world. With a simple scroll of our Facebook feed or a look at the day's TTs (trending topics) we are able to know what the latest news or gossip is. The same goes for international affairs; We are now so connected that another country's problems become our problems too.

Recently, the uprising in Venezuela and the conflict in Ukraine became popular subjects on the web; If you were confused, and didn't know why your friends or the whole Twitterverse were making a big deal about these countries, a simple Google search could fix it; or if you're into trends and wanted a more detailed explanation, you could have BuzzFeed point out everything you needed to know about these crisis. 

So, to express their concern, people around the world attended their Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, or Facebook accounts to post pictures, videos, words - anything, to show their support for the victims.

Certainly, posting a long and touching status on your Facebook profile about how you’re sending your prayers to Venezuela can give you a sense of involvement; you're doing your bit in fixing the world’s problems- problems that are out of your control. But how far can social media go when dealing with a global crisis? What difference does it make if Jared Leto, or any celebrity for that matter, addresses the situation in front of millions of viewers on live television?

Yes, social media can bring people together. It also informs us about events happening on real time, whereas in another time we would have learned about incidents like these weeks later, or maybe we would’ve never known that other countries have it worst than we do. But, let’s not forget how easy it is to manipulate information these days and that even in this globalized era we can be misinformed. Sometimes we can never know what really happened unless we´re actually THERE.

So, can a tweet overturn a dictator? Can a million YouTube views stop the killings of innocent people? The power of social media on a blue helmet-scale is yet to be seen. In the meantime, keep those support posts coming, and if that doesn’t work, well, we’ll always have selfies.




Posted by El Blog de Cordoba Monday, 7 April 2014 0 comments

Social Globalization by Media 



We have discussed many topics through the year. We have talked about music, films, food industry, politics, war, culture and even clothes. We have watched videos, we have read articles and discussed our different points of view about all these topics. But one thing that have intrigued me the most is Social Media and the power it has to put people togehter even when they are thousand miles apart. Today´s globalization has a lot to do with social media and with the power people have given to this new way of publishing information, sharing opinions and documenting events in real time. 


Social Media allows the users to generate their own content and sharing it publicly with audiences from all over the world. One example we discussed in the classroom is the use of Instagram by the Israel defense forces, where they public pictures of their activity by their own members. This is very interesting to watch because the images are made and published by their own community and do not pass through an editor or a reporter. Here is an example of the pictures they upload:



Social Media has many applications and it is used by regular citizens but also by government departments, famous celebrities and public figures that want to be active in the web 2.0 world in order to send messages to their audiences and to publish content that will help them with their goals, whatever they are and rather they are good or not. 

Globalization is impulsed by Social Media because it allows people to build communities all over the world without even knowing personally the people in those communities. It also helps people to understand and know other cultures and the way they live. You can post your opinion about something and you can also read another opinion from another person in the same matter. And the very interesting and rich thing here is that you can know read the point of view of everybody in any matter and not only the opinion that is shared in the TV NEWS programs or in the journals or in the magazines or books, where only "educated" or "important" people is allowed to write. Social Media is the new way of being a part of your country and of your society. It has created a new era where everybody has a voice, and where everybody can monitor authorities, government and people in charge. 


Another example of the powerful use of Social Media is the black side of these internet based networks, and it is the use of social web sites by government departments to send messages to weak audiences and manipulate them directly. We are going to make a presentation about this topic this week in the classroom. The use of Social Media by Enrique Peña Nieto communications department.




Communication is power, and Social Media has become the new powerful weapon. 

Eduardo Córdoba A01062346

Globalization: A good or bad thing? by: Roberta Ramirez A01190424

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Globalization: A good or a bad thing?
Globalization is the process by which different societies, cultures, and regional economies integrate through a worldwide network.  Over the last hundred thirty years, globalization, has affected many nations in various ways; economically, politically, and socially. Globalization followed a process over the years that were divided in three following phases.
Success and movement of capital and labor, as well as commercial development that reduced the transportation cost, characterized the fist phase of globalization, which extends from 1870 to 1913.  The First World War interrupted this phase; it was impossible for countries to trade between them. The end of WWII marks the beginning of integration between countries worldwide.

The second phase of globalization can be seen as corresponding to the period 1945-1973. This stage was marked by a significant effort to implement international financial institutions and trade cooperation, as well as a significant increase of trade of manufactured goods between developed countries. It amplified the capital and labor.

During the last twenty-five years of the twentieth century (from 1973), a third phase of globalization started to develop. There was a huge spread of free trade, the growing presence on the world stage of transnational corporations whose operation are the international systems of integrated production, expansion and capital flow and notable trend towards homogenization of development models, despite the persistence of selective trade protection mechanisms. Also societies started to mix between them.

There are many advantages for the existence of globalization such as: technological revolution, reduced cost of transportation and products, increase in information, and communication, but also there are some disadvantages that need to be taken into consideration such as illegal immigration, or the domino effect in economies, for example if the USA has an economical crisis most of the countries will be affected, and last, but not least sometimes due to globalization the a person may earn skills in an other country but stay there to apply them instead of their own country.


North Korea

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The documentary about North Korea was actually the one that really caught my attention. I think it is devastating how globalization is actually going past the society of North Korea. The whole society is behind when it comes to technology, invention and the use of internet. The people have no idea about general news, things that happen in the world, just as about other countries politics, economies and conflicts and crisis. The only information they actually get is provided by the government and very one-sided and biased. Also it is mostly propaganda and hatred that is built towards other countries.
Because the media is only one-sided, people do not know anything really and are not able to form their own opinion. The society seems brainwashed and they might not know that their situation could be better or different anywhere else.
The impact of giving the people access to all the technology and the internet would be extremely dramatic. The people would start using the internet and get in contact with the worldwide media and other people. It would be a big shock for them when they realize what is all out there. The use of media could actually be very overwhelming. But in the end the people could form their own opinion when having access to all the information, they would start to question the regime and probably end in a big protest or riot.

I thought it was shocking to see how North Korea is so far behind in globalization. For us it is so normal being connected with everyone whenever we want, having access to all news from all over the world and having everything available at all times.  

Globalization and media. Jorge García Vega

Posted by beyondborders Monday, 31 March 2014 0 comments
Globalization and media.

We can't talk about globalization without thinking in communication and backwards. Is truth that globalization is growing up thanks to the media but is also truth that the media all over the world wont be known if there was no globalization.

Globalization, is a process which humanity is passing by, there are cultural shocks and media is taking a fundamental role for this to happen. Borders between countries are dissapearing thanks to globalization and the ways of thinking within society is getting more similar. 

Countries are getting more connected in such an economical, political and social way as a product of the technologies of information and the communication especially now the internet which is getting each day more common for the people. Communication is the main tool of the human being so they can express their ideas so communication and media are great mix to go beyond borders all over the world.

MIRZA SÁNCHEZ ALCALÁ: Food is definitely a "thing"

Posted by beyondborders Tuesday, 25 March 2014 0 comments
So far what we have learn in this curse is in fact our “everyday basis” and everything that surround us and that have an important impact in our lives, our country and definitely in our world.

I would like to talk about food globalization because even thou is not the most important issue right now or it could possibly look like is no a “thing” it is definitely changing something and today it has become a very controversial issue.
Fast food essentially involves the quick and lo-cost preparation of “uniform” food and includes hamburgers, fries, pizza and of course ice creams.
Globalization has both positive and negative effects on the world, I think one of the positive effects include that companies can outsource their foods all over the world.

Recently, fast food has gained much public attention after coming under heavy criticism for lacking in quality and nutritional value, causing environmental damage, exploiting cheap labour and contributing to growing obesity rates, particularly of children. In response to worldwide concerns over nutritional value and childhood obesity, fast food chains such as Subway which not only promote cheap and easy food but also health conscious meals, have experienced growth on an international scale.

So that´s why I think that with all these American and European restaurants in my country, or any other, are ok and it is natural that we start to change some ingredients in our daily cooking or try to improve the American food or any food when we cook it in our own home, I mean, it´s part of the globalization thing, not everything is bad, the way I see it we can learn from other countries by their food and they can learn about us as well

My opinion of this situation is that it will be positive as long as we still keep our own traditions. I think it is good not everybody has the opportunity to taste international cooking and have this experience.


A Punk Prayer

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, 18 March 2014 0 comments


PUSSY RIOT -- A PUNk PRAYER --


Hello Global Gossipers

I hope you are in the mood for some RIOT, because my first post is dedicated to a group of girls that really like to make noise.

When i first saw these girls in class, all i could think was how similar were their costumes to the ones used by the girls in the movie "Spring Breakers", and so my curiosity about the girls in neon balaclavas begun. 

PUSSY RIOT is a feminist Russian punk rock protest band, it was founded in august 2011 and is well known for performing in unauthorized public locations, they sing about LGBT rights, feminism and their lyrics show opposition to the policies of President Vladimir Putin and the relationship between the government and the Orthodox Church.

On March, 2012 their performance of " unk Prayer-Mother of God, Chase Putin Away" took them to jail, WHY? Well, because they did not only talk about our "Lord's Shit" but they also performed in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior, according to some: the most sacred place in Russia! 

I must say I respect church and I do believe that in some sort of way this girls were disrespectful. While trying to understand what really happened, I bumped into a documentary that teach me a lot about the history of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich and also made me think that maybe i would have done the same if i were borned in a oppressed nation. 

HERE is the link to the documentary, take a look!

Mass Media

Posted by Alejandro Walls. Friday, 14 March 2014 0 comments
It's impressive and very worrying how the mass media increase their influence and generates many behaviours that violates in a very serious way the conduct of people around the world, aspects that can not be unnoticed.

Today the media is subordinated to different political and economic powers and they set aside sometimes objectivity, truth, and rather the interests of those who manage it. In addition, it is important to know that the media manipulate the news on their favor.

It is a fact that television, cinema, radio, newspapers and magazines and many other media have experienced a huge progress and a very growth in recent decades. One of the reasons that have driven mass media to this is the enormous influence of these media in society.  
An example can be every politic campaign: the objective number one is always to control the media, why? Because if you control the media you control the people, the media control the people. The mass media are also used by the government to hide their mistakes and their corruption. The mass media, in a way, are censured by the government. They are not allowed to convey the truth to the audience, the public, the people.

Media globalization cannot be stopped. It is a result of new communications technology. It is also the prerequisite and facilitator for all other forms of globalization. Communicating internationally has never been easier, thanks to new media platforms, we can have a video conversation with a loved one who is 50,000 miles away.

We just need to be careful I think, media can be good but also can change the public opinion taking advantage of their power.

The mass media, even though they are supposed to inform the general public in a just and truthful way, are being used as tools for concealing the truth and manipulating the masses.




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The good and the bad side of globalization.

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Mónica Paulina Martínez Torroella a01034469

The good and the bad side of globalization.

Of the material covered already in class, we’ve talked about what does globalization means, what are its main benefits and what are the problems that we’re facing because of it.

Globalization can be commonly described as the spread of connecting communication, technology and production all around the world, involving the diffusion of practices and ideas. According to the Oxford Dictionary, we can say that globalization is “ The process by which business or other organizations develop international influence or star operating on an international scale”.

Now a day, they might exist many pros and cons towards globalization, in which each one of it, touches basis on different aspects of the world. (Example: environment, labor, food, governance, etc.)

 Some of the benefits of globalization are:

  • ·      New investors can have more opportunity to invest.
  • ·      Companies can access to bigger markets.
  • ·      The consumers can have a much wider variety of products and more competitive prices.
  • ·      People can use other’s countries resources for producing.

Some of the disadvantages of globalization are all about taking new risks of having new markets, intensification of competition, imitation, etc.

One example where we can see the pros and cons about globalization is on the food industry, in which we can perceive how the traditional food system model changed into a global food system. Now a day, having the opportunity of buying imported food is easy, making us have a better panorama of other cultures and way of living. But also, we can forget that especially in Mexico and in USA we are facing an obesity problem, in which we can blame the fast food industries, because today trying to find local food in big cities may be difficult, thanks to all the globalization process, minimizing the diversity of food.

So we can say that globalization may have its pros and cons, but it depends on the point of view of each person to determine its side. 

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