Summary: Globalization Since 1492 Class #1 January 11, 2006 Walls and Bridges Convergences and Networks. Part 1 Introduction to the concepts and methodology behind globalization studies. Using new media technology to simultaneously do and study the interactive aspects of globalization. This work was influenced early on by Marshall Mcluhan, the University of Toronto Professor and media theorist who coined such terms as the media is the message and global village Globalization is often about transcending walls and boundaries. Walls are created to keep out certain influences. The Great Wall of China was built to protect the Chinese civilization from barbarians. The Berlin Wall was symbolic of the Cold War, and the choice between two systems. Walls can be viewed as creating a dichotomy marking the other. The War on Terror was presented by George W. Bush as a choice of being with us (US) or the terrorists. The wall separating Israel and Palestine in the West Bank is emblemat
