GLOBAL CULTURE

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GLOBAL CULTURE
Chapter 7Lecture 2
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CULTURAL MESSAGES COME FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES

• Domestic
• International
• Global
• although most common challenges are addressed by
  nations, a global civil society is emerging

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PEOPLE LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE ENTITIES FOR CULTURAL
DIRECTION

• Affiliative groups e.g., ethnic groups
• Nongovernmental organizations, e.g., the Womens
  League for Peace and Freedom
• Religious groups
• Regional associations, e.g., Economic Union
• Business organizations

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Multiple messages and sources create CONFUSION
AND UNCERTAINTY

• Leading to new questions national cultures are
  less well able to answer
• but
• In a global society, we dont have a sense of the
  appropriate rules by which all can live

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TRANSITION TIME?

• Are we at a point where nationality is less
  important to culture than in the past?

All of Us
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WE SEE THAT SOME VALUES ARE COVERGING, OTHERS ARE
NOT

• The Planet Project
• The Roper Poll of Values
• The World Values Survey
• The GLOBE Project

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GLOBE RESPONSES ON GENDER EGALITARIANISM SHOWS
COVERGENCE ON SHOULD BE
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GLOBE RESPONSES ON HUMANEORIENTATION ALSO SHOWS
COVERGENCE ON SHOULD BE
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QUESTIONS OF GLOBAL AND LOCAL CULTURES

• Will global culture replace or exist with local
  cultures?
• Will global culture bring positive or negative
  outcomes?