It raises an interesting idea of glocalization and suggests that this is promoting of your kind of localism on a global scale. Related to the idea of tourism, this makes complete sense. When you are looking for a place to visit you don't want to see just any place that looks the same as every where else, you want something different, so glocalization is promoting this idea of differentiation. However you'd still probably expect to find global chains like McDonalds or starbucks.
I found this very interesting too James :) It is very important for businesses to have people they can trust and work with at ease, they need hard workers that get on in groups and contributes to the company. Good find there James.
ReplyDeleteHowever you could argue that for the people which fall under pressure and are not that confident of a person, it makes the Internet a good way to contact or even join a group/ work place which I feel has become an easy way to connect people and given people the possibilities to meet new people and possibly develop their confidence. Also on the other hand it could call into question the authenticity of the person and the reliableness of the person.
ReplyDeleteI think you've raised a good point here, people are judged a lot on how they come across on messages, social networks, even phone calls. We've become a much more depersonalised world, maybe the main reason being that technology has progressed so much. Even job interviews can be done over the phone these days so the only way of people judging you are, like you say, on you're choice of words. I do, however, agree with Ben in the sense that it can also be a good thing for people who are less confident and can actually give them a chance to build their confidence. On the other hand, I think this could also be a bad thing as a person may come across as a completely different person online as they are in person, and certainly in terms of jobs or even friendships/relationships, you are going to need to meet in person at some point and if you aren't what you come across as online that may not necessarily be good for the job.
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