Living in a much Smaller World.
Communication enhancements has contributed to the world wide effect of globalization. Yes. Globalization.
With the world wide web, I am no further to any countries out there than my classmates who sat beside me in class. The internet has open our eyes to cultures and religions of people all around the world. In the past, that would have taken us more than a lifetime to acquire the knowledge. It seems like I am living in a relatively smaller world as days goes by. Technology has made globalization feasible. It hit us, mould us, influence us in the most subtle way.
Ironically for me, living in a small island with internet access is a bliss. Internet helps me extend my reach to places I’ve never been before and would take a lifetime to roam places of interest when I could do so in the comfort of my snug, cozy dwelling. Others have gone before me, traveling the world, journalist (agents/minions of the internet. haha) who provides all I need to know. On the flip-side, I may never get the satisfaction of living the world I see through that box of information (Or rather, no longer a box since such designs for computers are obsolete).
One issue we discussed in class is that globalization helps to reduce racial tensions and bonds us by our interest. In my opinion, that is true to a certain extent. It is true only if people uses the internet to study the culture and practices of another race with the intention of developing understand and racial tolerance. Most of the time, I see racial discriminative comments spewing all over. We live in a much smaller world, we are connected with six degrees of friends. We see conflicts and quarrels on forums, “hate” sites are set up daily, and those who have internet have access to it. Which makes it doubly scary as information travels in a flick of an eyelash. A minor mistake/step you take might make you famous/infamous overnight.
In any case, I still enjoy my rights to the internet, making friends via social network, butting in a forum or two, going to places I would never go, exploiting the internet. The World is getting Smaller (not literally), we are connected in a closer manner, however, there is a flip-side to everything. Just like a star that is getting smaller, it is a sign that it will eventually implode (if not explode). If you get what I mean, with all the issues that comes with globalization…
How to end this… lets make the world a better place 
A Global Village it is!