Globalization and Media Quotes

“The starvation of children does not happen simply because of pov-erty and famine. Other human forces, too, roil our world, forces shaped by globalization and media. Neighbors slaughter neighbors in ethnic conflicts. Religious leaders plant discord that pits believers against one another. Cor-rupt rulers foment internecine warfare while enriching their own coffers. Pirates, drug lords, and militias still prowl villages and seas. Companies rape the environment and rob the land of its ability to nurture and support. Obscenely rich classes lead extravagant, wasteful lives while others wither in their shadows. We will see how human actors have shaped globalization and media to construct such a world. We cannot yet celebrate.”
― Jack Lule, Globalization and Media: Global Village of Babel

“Because I am a professor, I will later give dry, dense, detailed defini-tions for globalization and media. But for now, a perfectly good definition of globalization is anytime anyone does anything anywhere across borders. And a perfectly good definition of media is anything people use to communicate. Those definitions work because they emphasize people and human action.”
― Jack Lule, Globalization and Media: Global Village of Babel