Topic > Analysis of two articles exploring globalization

Two significant articles that explore how young people interact with global culture from different perspectives are the United Nations' "Young People in Globalization World" (2003) and "The Psychology of Globalization" (2002) by Arnett). In its article, the UN takes the socioeconomic approach to examine how young people interact with global culture. They state that the level of participation of young people is divergent and this depends on their financial resources and location. This prioritizes the engagement of educated people in cities and increases social segregation between rich and poor. In contrast, Arnett argues that the psychological aspect of globalization helps young people form different types of identities, namely bicultural identity, confusion identity, and self-selected culture. Bicultural identity is the main theme of mainstream around the world where they can combine their local and global identities. For some people, the values ​​of global culture weaken their local values ​​and at the same time they cannot access global culture, thus creating identity confusion. However, the values ​​of global culture allow them to choose to build a self-selected culture. Despite the divergence in the approach of the two articles, there are still some similarities. The United Nations and Arnett agree that young people are approaching global culture through new technological media despite unequal access to these media (UN, 2003 par 17, 30; Arnett, 2002 par 4, 6). I agree that young people are the main participants in global consumer culture. The United Nations and Arnett also argue that identity formation is influenced by global culture, particularly hybrid identity (UN, 2003 para 24; Arnett, 2002 para 24). However, they interpret these issues in very divergent ways. Although the UN... at the heart of the document... is based on "secular" values, but its flexibility allows young people to be religious in order to find meaning for their identity. So, as shown above, this is one of the major disagreements between the UN and Arnett. While Arnett presents young people's homogenous engagement with global culture, the UN sees this as paradoxical; young people must be included or excluded from global culture. Although the United Nations and Arnett have different views, both articles play a significant role in explaining how young people interact with global culture in relation to how they control and form their new identity. Cited Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen. American Psychologist "The Psychology of Globalization", vol 57(10), October 2002, 774-783. United Nations Publication "Youth in the World of Globalization" - Sales No. E.03.IV.7 (2003)