Globalization has its Ups and Downs....

Forces of Globalization include: trade, transportation, technology, and the media. 

TRADE: This is a huge asset to corporations and communities who require certain resources to function- and cannot obtain them locally. Trade allows anyone from anywhere in the world to get foreign goods, which has, for the most part, proven to be beneficial to society. However, evident disadvantages also arise from this practice; for example, the Native Americans of North America during the fur trade. Europeans wanted so badly to obtain beaver pelts for business, but as a result of overhunting, took away the Aboriginals' natural resource: therefore taking away how they make a living, and their traditional practices of hunting! They lost this identity that was important to them. In the same way, the Ladakh people are slowly losing their unique and primitive culture to the overwhelming forces of a globalizing world.

TRANSPORTATION: This, also, has changed our world dramatically, even over the course of the last 50 years. the invention of cars was probably the most advantageous, along with large transportation vehicles that transport goods, going hand in hand with trade. Transportation allows for the trading of goods- which, as explained above, can pose positive and negative effects. Transportation provides convenience, but also causes pollution which poses threats to certain places and cultures: and therefore identities.

COMMUNICATION: This, by far, has changed the most over the past years. The introduction of the Internet was the beginning- and since then, the way we communicate has dramatically changed; between cell phones, online communication, and so on. These methods are surely more convenient, easy, and quick, but the more people rely on technology to communicate, the more socially inept they become. Slowly, people are losing their ability to truly and literally communicate with one another- which should not be happening!

MEDIA: Media and communication go hand in hand with the aspect of globalization. Media is the method by which we communicate with one another; for example, through websites, newscasts, and shows. It informs us

 of the events occurring in the world, outside of our own local community. Media provides us with this kind of knowledge, but can also offer false information like with bias and tweaking the truth to defend a force.