CULTURE — TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY IN THE CONDITIONS OF GLOBALIZATION

Abstract

Globalization includes the export and application of Western cultural and socio-economic models, representing a new situation of construction of a new global system described by an enormous capacity of communication and exchange of information. It is believed that globalization is triggering the diversification of national cultures. Mass-media is the main factor behind the spread of globalization. Informational technologies have reached a new peak in history: the internet, TV, the press make information accessible to everyone, reaching all parts of the planet with great speed. A new topic has become the existence of a media culture, in competition with the traditional form of culture. Keywords: culture, globalization, phenomenon, symbols, civilization

Keywords

• culture
• globalization
• phenomenon
• symbols
• civilization