What is the role of the internet and communications technology in globalization?
Many within developing countries see the internet as an opportunity to gain access to knowledge and services from around the world in a way that would have been unimaginable previously. Internet kiosks, mostly facilitating email with overseas relatives, for example, are springing up in many parts of Africa. The internet is also creating new gaps between the rich and the poor. Rich countries have much greater access to the internet and communications services generally. We are moving from an industrial age, in which wealth was created by manufacturing, to an information age in which wealth is created by the development of information goods and services, ranging from media, to education and software. Poor countries are not taking part in this information revolution. Conclusion In the case of globalization the theory and practice of the phenomenon are different. In fact it’s not an exchange of achievements, but the absorption many different cultures by one strong culture. I’m for globaliz
