Question

Diffusion and Globalization

“The integration of world markets and technological advances of the last

decades have allowed for greater exchange between cultures through the processes

of globalization and diffusion. Beginning in the 1080s, Western governments began to

deregulate social services while greater liberties to private businesses. As a result,

world markets became dominated by multinational companies in the 1980s, a new

state of affairs at that time. We have since come to refer to this integration of

international trade and finance markets as globalization. Increased communications

and air travel have further opened doors for international business relations,

facilitating the flow not only of goods but of information and people as well. Today,

many U.S. companies set up offices in other nations where the costs of resources and

labor are cheaper. When a person in the United States calls to get information about

banking, insurance, or computer services, the person taking that call may be working

in India or Indonesia.

Alongside the process of globalization is diffusion or the spread of material and

nonmaterial culture. While globalization refers to the integration of markets, diffusion

relates a similar process to the integration of international cultures. Middle-class

Americans can fly overseas and return with a new appreciation of Thai noodles or

Italian gelato. Access to television and the Internet has brought the lifestyles and

values portrayed in American sitcoms into homes around the globe. Twitter feeds from

public demonstrations in one nation have encouraged political protesters in other

countries. When this kind of diffusion occurs, material objects and ideas from one

culture are introduced into another.”

1º) Com relação ao texto acima, marque (TRUE) quando a informação for verdadeira e (FALSE)

quando a informação for falsa.

a. (__________) Multinational companies started to dominate world markets in the 1980s.

b. (__________) Globalization and diffusion refer to the same processes of cultural integration.

c. (__________) Diffusion is the spread of material and nonmaterial culture around the globe.

2º) Leia o texto novamente e retire do texto expressões correspondente à:

a. A time expression. That refers to the past. ________________________________________

b. A word that is equivalent in meaning to “nowadays”. _______________________________

c. A discourse marker that is equivalent in meaning to “Consequently”. ___________________

3º) In your opinion, what are the benefits and the risks of cultural diffusion?

4º) What is there in Brazil that is originally from other cultures? Do you believe your region is losing

its cultural distinctiveness? Why (not)?



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