The Communications Paradox

The Communications Paradox: Globalization may be just another word for Western Cultural Dominance.(includes related article on disadvantages of the Internet) "Go tell it on the mountain." As the popular spiritual advised, it used to be that if you had a message to get across, you only had to go to the nearest mountain and shout it to the masses. The same is true today--only now an antenna likely perches atop the mountain, and the …

…truly lead to more variety and choice in the global context? If groups of human beings are far from being globalized, then what are the true indicators of globalization? How do we balance wants versus needs, public versus private communication systems, centralized versus decentralized infrastructures, and individual versus public knowledge? What information is privileged? How do we establish community, national, and international priorities? And how do we choose which of these questions to answer first?