Chapter 59 talks about IT companies in India. There was always the scammer call centers that are infamous in India. It is considered to be their global work culture. The global part of these offices is the possessions, communications, styles, and skills. They promise for better efficiency and productivity. Call centers have their employees have English names to trick their "customers." The person who was a part of this corporation, finds out there are rules for these places. People wanted to have independence at this workplace and that's usually the main reason why they want to work there. People found opportunities with the high tech that it offered. IT centers in India may be skeptical but they can give off opportunities for people with the knowledge and be successful. David Brooks' article that globalization is considered to be over and there is a war with culture. A British sociologist by the name of Anthony Giddens claims that globalization is a shift in our very world. Globalization consists of culture, ideas, products, and worldviews. It's assumed that nations would admire Western democracy success. The world economy has been gradually decreased for years. Human behavior have made a force into deep economics and political self interest. There's a note that 44% percent of Americans high school students are depressed, which that number may be higher today. On page 5, it mentions that people are driven for order and there is nothing but anarchy and chaos. The Cold War changed how the world runs and how people act. NPR talks about the globalization of music. BTS made fame in the US in 2018. Other foreign groups make the stage in the United States as well. Internationalization supports BTS. Pop music consists of music from other regions in the world. Other groups get so popular that US charts can't ignore it. Music videos help with the fame. Korea has made an impact towards Western culture. Streaming that has helped with artists' fame. Lyric translations helps with connections to viewers. It's cheap for artists to produce music. Cultural appreciation is important with the music industry. There can be some controversy with what the artist does with a certain culture and lyrics in their songs.
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I am a little confused when the scammer call centers came into play. I don't think, unless I missed something, that was mentioned in the article. I do see it as a point for globalization of the labor force, and generally cheaper labor. Altho, as they have to speak English, it does fit with the article's point on it being a job path only open to those who can have that education. Also, where I used to work, we would get a lot of calls from east asian call centers. A few mortgage companies would outsource their labor there, where they would ask us about whether or not a house was liened/etc. Some of the times it was fine, other times if you went off-script it would confuse the workers.
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