According to lecture, globalization is defined as “a process of increasing interconnectedness among nations, cultures, and people.” Ideas that circulate audiences around the world, contribute to the concept of hybridity in the sense of glocalization. Good examples of this concept come from television shows.
The United States is a good source of ideas when it comes to entertainment, but other countries from around the globe have influenced a lot of television programs that are watched here in the US. For example, “The Office” was first a British show, and “Ugly Betty” was translated from a Spanish soap opera into an iconic role for “America” Ferrera. The US has also contributed to other countries with shows like “American Idol” and “America’s Got Talent,” where the country replaces America with their own.
The following clips illustrate the show “The Office.” The first one is a clip from the British show, and the second is a clip from the American show. Both have the same concept but the dry humor is different to relate to their certain audiences. Both talk about sexual relations in the clips, but are different in the way they are presented. For example, in the American show, the humor is a bit more expressed than in the British show.
To me, globalization is an interaction towards a communicative creation of culture and technology. Ideas circulate the globe and find common patterns to please their audiences. Television is a great example of the concept of hybridity because of their practice of glocalization. The more ideas circulate the globe, the more other countries will feed of each other for entertainment of their own.
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