OCR A-Level Sociology Component 3 globalisation and the digital social world overview quiz quiz

It is largely exaggerated and remains mostly regional in scope

It is real and transformative, eroding the nation-state

It transforms societies but ultimately does not abolish the nation-state

It has almost no measurable effect on national or local culture

It is now complete and has fully integrated the world economy

It has destroyed all local cultures and produced one global culture

It is exaggerated, as most trade is still regional

It is a purely cultural process with no economic dimension

The nation-state has completely disappeared as a unit of power

Globalisation is a myth invented by optimistic economic theorists

Globalisation only affects the economy and leaves culture untouched

Globalisation is real but complex, transforming the nation-state

The global spread of efficiency, calculability, predictability and control

The worldwide growth of fast-food consumption and obesity rates

The steady decline of a shared global culture into local fragments

A theory explaining unequal access to the internet and the digital skills to use it

The complete homogenisation of all world cultures into one

Global products being adapted to local cultures

The total disappearance of distinctive local cultures

A form of corporate data surveillance and tracking

A trained professional who consumes media for a living

A senior corporate executive at a global media company

Someone who both produces and consumes media content

A type of online surveillance used to track users

The global risk society

The global village of media

The age of hyperreality

The network society

Inequality in access to and use of digital technology

A clear split between traditional old media and new media

A type of online community formed around shared interests

The theoretical gap between globalisation optimists and pessimists

The seemingly unstoppable spread of powerful global brands into local markets worldwide

How surveillance produces self-discipline because people may be watched at any time

The rapid growth of social media platforms across the globe

The blending of global and local traditions into hybrid culture

Direct state control of the national economy and its industries

A form of e-democracy where citizens vote and debate online

Corporations harvesting personal data to predict and shape behaviour for profit

A general decline in all forms of surveillance as global privacy laws steadily tighten