TCWD MIDTERMS

• Liberal trade causes greater impoverishment to less developed countries

  Dependency Theory
• European countries took control of land and raw materials to funnel wealth back to the West.


  Dependency Theory
• Frames at looking global stratification on the basis of technological advancement

  Modernization theory
• Spread of goods and technology between Americas and Europe

  World System Theory
• Semi-periphery countries.


  World System Theory
• Tension between tradition and technological change is the biggest barrier to growth

  Modernization Theory
• Excessive reliance to colonizers.

  Dependency Theory
• Core Countries


  World Systems Theory
• Latin American Structuralist Approach

  Dependency Theory
• Capitalist World Economy


  World System Theory 
• Production becomes more about wants than needs.

  High Mass Consumption 
• Societies that are structured around small local communities

  Traditional Stage
• Diverse job opportunities


  Technological Maturity Stage 
• All citizens have access to necessities

  High Mass Consumption 
• Production done in family setting

  Traditional Stage
• Basic schooling for everyone.

  Technological Maturity Stage 
• Strict social hierarchy.


  Traditional Stage 
• Chinese Dynasties  


  Traditional Stage 
• Greater individualism takes hold and social status is more closely linked with material wealth.

  High Mass Consumption 
• Who's countries are included in the Group of Eight

  France

  Germany

  Italy

  Japan

  United Kingdom

  United States

  Canada

  Russia

  European Union
• When did Russia withdraw its spot from the G8?

  2017
• A definition from the 1980s dividing the world into the wealthy north and the poor south.

  Brandt Line
• Northern Hemisphere


  Rich, Industrialized Wealthy NationsDemocratic Capitalist Countries
• Southern Hemisphere


  Poor, Agricultural Developing NationsNon-Democratic Countries
• How much access do the southern people have to the world's income?

  one-fifth
• What country recommended new 25% tariffs on 50 billion dollars in Chinese goods Tuesday?

  United States
• These are the communication outlets or tools used to store and deliver information or data; various means of communication

  Media
• This type of media includes print media such as books, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, journals, pamphlets, fliers, broadsides, and billboards.

  Traditional/Old Media
• This type of media includes telephones, computers, social media, mobile phones

  New Media
• How many stages are there in the evolution of media?

  4
• In this stage of evolution, there were machines and tools to help perform tasks on mass.

  Pre-Industrial Age
• In this stage of evolution, they are defined by mass production, broadcasting the rise of the nation-state, power, modern machines, and running water.

  Industrial Age
• This stage of evolution began when electronic equipment, including computers, came into use.

  Electronic age
• This stage of evolution started in 1970's with introduction of personalcomputer and subsequent technology


  Digital age
• Pre- Industrial Age


  -Enhanced processing of language-Oral tradition as the basic ancestor of information and communication flow

  -Communication through writing symbols and drawing crude pictures

  -Symbolic impressions in clay and stone tablets; e.g. Code of Hammurabi
• Industrial Age


  -Inventions with electricity-related experimentation

  -Active role of technology in communication and dissemination of information-Newspaper- access to news and information-Image recording and invention of photography

  -Existence of printing press
• Electronic Age


  -Realization of the importance and relevance of Information as a commodity.

  -Development of fax machines and cellphones-faster way of transmitting messages.

  -Cable and satellite technologies

  -Development of the broadcast industry; expansion of radio and television

  -Portable gadgets like Walkman and Discman revolutionized the access to mass media
• Digital Age


  -Refers to our current age; information is seen as a commodity-Evolution of personal computer- Apple, IBM Company, Windows
• It measures the global power of cities using thecombination of six (6) criteria.

  Japanese Mori Foundation's Global Power City Index
• What are the six criteria according to JMFGPCI

  -Economy-Research and Development-Cultural Interaction-Livability-Environment-Accessibility