Blogging through Sociology of Globalization (2020)

 Poverty in Korea is affecting mostly the elderly, Why do you think this is the case? Korea's welfare budget for senior citizens is 2.6 percent GDP, which is one-third of the OECD average.The poverty rate for senior citizens is 45.7% and the highest in the OECD. Even if the basic pension of 250,000 won per month is included, one out of every two senior citizens spends less than 1 million won a month in retirement. This is because it is difficult for the elderly to engage in economic activities. Since we cannot continue to increase the welfare budget for the elderly, another way is for healthy seniors to have jobs. But there are only three out of ten senior citizens who actually work, and even most of them are non-regular and low-wage jobs. Among working seniors, the ratio of simple labor jobs unrelated to their careers continues to rise, and as they get older, the tendency is also noticeable. The government should continue to create jobs for senior citizens, not just increase the w...

 Is there ranking in Korean vs foreigner? Many were rarely moved because of the lack of mobility technology from ancient societies. And in each society, everyone living in their own and elsewhere was a stranger who violated the realm of life, and regardless of their skin color, strangers were all enemies in and of themselves. However, now mobile technology has developed and globalization has allowed us to go anywhere, but racism still occurs. In Korea, discrimination often occurs against black or foreign workers. Also, Koreans are discriminated against when they go to other countries because they are Asian. Racism is represented by the exclusion of the yellow race by white people and the discrimination of blacks in the United States and South Africa. Therefore, I think we can't rank Koreans and foreigners, but wouldn't it be ranked according to the race of foreigners?

In many places, including Korea, there is a strong relationship between education and social class. Why? Social class naturally occurs in the category of society before anyone intentionally creates it. And as industrial society demanded high knowledge, technology, and professionalism, society became highly educated, making it difficult to acquire high-level knowledge and skills without being educated. Social classes and education are not completely directly proportional, but they are strongly correlated.  Depending on the job, it can also be an indicator of determining and classifying social classes, because job evaluation standards include high knowledge. There is also ISC in an objective way among social classification methods. The ISC evaluates a person as education, occupation, and financial resources. This shows that education and social classes are closely connected.

 If the current rich countries are aging, and their population will decrease, how can it affect the world society in few decades? The elderly are not well attributed to economic activity. Therefore, in order to support the elderly, the government must raise taxes to support the elderly. One of the countries that explains this to support the elderly is France. France has a three-story system of basic pensions, such as civil servants' pensions, and retirement pensions, which are decided by labor-management agreements, in order to take responsibility for the aging population.The biggest feature of France's pension system is that the wage replacement rate is high, which accounts for a large portion of senior income resources.So in fact, the poverty rate among the elderly over 60 in France is 3.3 percent, relatively lower than the overall average of 6.2 percent.

 Why is it that people who do something in a crowd that they wouldn't do by themselves? This phenomenon is called Crowd psychology. Crowd psychology refers to the phenomenon of not having information and only following the choices made by a large number of people.Crowds psychology is based on a vague belief that "following the majority benefits me." Regardless of whether it is valid or not, many people follow the majority's actions just because they chose it. Korea's crowd psychology means a kind of leaning phenomenon or jumping-on-board effect, which means that he/she thinks it will be good because everyone else does it, so he/she follows along. Examples of movies include street cheering in the case of excessive attraction of visitors to certain works, and participation in political and social issues in protest and social movements. In the Internet world, it is also seen as a form of crowd psychology that groups gather to post malicious comments on SNS of certain...

 Where else can we see inequality of power and conflict in our society? I think the inequality of power and conflict seen in our society is a problem between workers and businesses Labor-management conflicts continue to arise.  It is also the third time that a GM Korea worker who suffers from labor-management conflicts has killed himself.  The government is introducing the same system as the 52-hour workweek to prevent such tragedies, but there are also objections. Recently, with the "52-hour workweek" marking the first year of its implementation, labor and management in the game industry are opposing the 52-hour workweek. In fact, excessive labor intensity in the game industry has been a constant issue since the past. Therefore, the management's position is that the game industry, which is already having a hard time due to various sanctions, could catch up with the Chinese game industry with the 52-hour work system. Labor-management conflicts have a huge impact on the lo...

 Will 3D printing change the world? 3D printing technology is one of the most important digital technologies representing the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. 3D printing technology is rather a business that is gaining attention day by day. In particular, awareness of the need is increasing day by day, especially in traditional manufacturing-based industries. Its biggest advantage is that it can produce parts that have become difficult to supply and demand due to the proliferation of COVID-19 using 3D printing technology, which can resolve uncertainties about supply chain.  Sophisticated mechanical equipment is used to make complex parts, which increases costs. 3D printers make it unnecessary to have separate equipment for these machines. Companies will have the price competitiveness needed for production and be able to improve profitability. In particular, in addition to the medical sector, which is highlighted by COVID19, 3D printers will be used for the electric par...

  What are the most visible (successful) Korean wave elements in the world?  I think the most successful elements of Korean wave are K-pop and Korean pop culture such as Korean dramas and Korean movies. Korean wave is now the culture of teenagers in the United States. Korean culture is gaining popularity in the United States. In particular, BTS's popularity increased as it began to be a sensation in the U.S. and reached number one on the Billboard chart. 62.5% of the world's Korean wave-interested people are very willing to visit Korea. The Korean Wave should be promoted better to motivate visitors to visit places that serve as the backdrop for popular dramas and movies and to help the global Korean wave tourism boom continue. As Korean culture develops, there is a phenomenon in which people become interested in Korean.

 What may cause reduction in globalization? I think the Covid-19 Virus has had a lot of influence recently on causing the reduction in globalization. The current crisis caused by corona has caused a reduction in logistics supply chains and networks. These play a big role in maintaining globalization. But now, the flow of trade and capital has decreased due to the corona. In addition, border closures and travel bans were repeated to curb the spread of the virus, resulting in an unprecedented collapse of population flows. In terms of capital flows, FDI flows decreased by 30-40% as the UN expected.  

  Is globalization good or bad? I don't think globalization is bad, but I think we should improve many problems.  Globalization brings us a lot of benefits, but sometimes there are problems. As an example, there is an inequality between industries in developing countries and large corporations and advanced countries around the world before they can be competitive enough. Globalization increases economic benefits around the world, but there are still poor countries, rich countries, poor people and rich people, and their economic gap is widening. And while globalization is a way of delivering various cultures, it is also a means of unilaterally communicating the cultures of advanced countries. Today, culture is being sold as a commodity as the economy becomes a society that prioritizes everything. In this situation, movies, music, fashion, and food culture using the capital of developed countries dominate the world. Without a proper understanding of culture, the culture of ...

 What is the relation between economics and globalization? Summary Certainly, the chartered trading  companies, which emerged in Europe from the fifteenth century on wards – such as the East India  Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company – played extremely important roles in the evolution of an  increasingly interconnected political economy. As essentially colonial and merchant capitalists, they  created vast business empires at a world scale. The main reason of such firms was trade and  exchange and, in that sense, they are clearly the ancestors of today’s global trading and service  companies. Since then, and especially during the past  50 years, the number of TNCs in the world economy has grown exponentially. Unfortunately, it is a definition that is impossible to quantify in aggregate terms  because it involves a number of qualitative attributes concerned with the complex relationships  between, and within, firms operating across nation...

 What is the relation between politics and globalization? Summary This is a territorially based kind of globalization and largely confined to the political form of the nation-state. It takes traditional forms as well as constituting a new kind of global geopolitics. The democratic nation-state in many parts of the world has given rise to very different kinds of political cultures. In political globalization, globalization refers to the composition of a multidimensional and interconnected space across borders. Political globalization under the influence of global power emphasizes the decline of ethnic nations and the development of transnational networks. There is also a discussion on the global norm culture through political globalization. Concerns about human rights and environmental issues are raised primarily in global political communication from a political globalization perspective. Political communication and popular culture are no longer limited to borders, but across the g...

  What is the relation between culture and globalization? Summary Globalization is a multidimensional process, taking place simaneously within the spheres of the economy, of politics, of technological developments of environmental change and of culture. Globalization is a network of interconnectedness and interdependencies that define the material, social, economic, and cultural life of modern society. And it is to say that it is a complex accelerating, integrating process of global connectivity. Most importantly, it's the economic sector, and it's the institution of the world's capitalist markets. That's an important factor, and it's the pinnacle of global connectivity. We are not dealing with straightforward empirical judgments about what specific practices drive everything else, but also with questions of the constitution of analytical categories: to what extent are economic practices also, intrinsically, cultural ones? And it is that it distorts our understandin...

What Is Globalization? Summary Many different topics are included under the rubric of globalization, such as global  governance, global citizenship, human rights, migration and the creation of diasporas, transnational  connections of various kinds and so on. The most important single definition feature of globalization is that it is very extensive to think that it increases connectivity, whether considered a very long-term or rather short-term process. The main dimensions of globalization can indeed be defined as culture, society, politics, and economy. When referring to the social dimension, we should emphasize that communication is included. In many current authors' studies on globalization, it has been suggested that it is useful to think that the process of globalization has been adapted in a general way to the following patterns. First, most definitely, there's an international system aspect for simplicity. Second, there is an aspect that encompasses the most common featu...