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My thoughts
Cartoon 1 illustartes the scenario of the globalisation of video/audio sharing websites in the internet. Websites such as youtube serve as a medium for this kind of information sharing where anyone who has access to the internet can find videos/audios in the earth regardless of its composer or language. This way, people who have missed one of the episodes of their favourite show or documentary, they can view it through the internet. Any audio/vdeo regardless of its origin can be made accessible to anyone with internet connection.Though this benefits people in various ways, this means that there will be no stopping the breaking of copyright laws and that there might be cases where pornographic videos are uploaded.
Cartoon 2 shows the impact of technological globalisation. In this cartoon, the man carrying the board to encorage anti-technology, aks the people to visit a website, which is one of the active means of technology today. Hence, he himself is contributing to the globalisation of technology. Thus it is visible that, in today's world, technology is so widespread(globalised) that even a person who dislikes technology uses technology. Examples of how the environmentalists use the mass media to raise the awareness on how technology has harmed the environment and seeking seeking support from the public to downplay the use of technology are the most obvious evidences.
Cartoon 3 is somewhat similar to cartoon 1. In this cartoon, a show host announces that the "most popular CD" award goes to noone. Also in this cartoon, a boy is busy downloading something. Indirectly, this cartoon tells us that since video/audio in the CD is available in the internet for downloading for free, no one pays to buy a CD. This, reinforces the rate of technological globalisation.
Cartoons 4 and 5 symbolise today's world. Both cartoons showcase the world today as an object sunk in the sea of technological globalisation.
The element of technology is increasing in its usage each day. It has turned humans into puppets which are contolled by globalisation. Such a gobalisation is also,unfortunately, the land where copyright rules are shattered and revenue of a nation through the taxes on video/audio is minimised. This erodes the basic principle for which technology is a form of gloalisation and that is to help people. Instances of piracy in CDs well illusatrate this. Hence, i conclude that technology is a double edged sword.