Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Barber, Benjamin. "Jihad vs. McWorld." The Globalization Reader. By Frank J. Lechner and John Boli. Malden: Blackwell, 2000. 21-26. Print. This article is about globalization. Jihad represents the old world which consisted of wars. McWorld represents todays technological advance and companies spreading all around the world. As McWorld expands cultures are being brought together and cultures want to be independent and not be forced to accept other culture's beliefs.  This article will help my paper because it shows how cultures are being forced together and cultures not wanting this. As a result, a war occurs because cultures are not accepting of one another's beliefs. My digital story is about globalization and cultures not wanting to be forced together and therefore this article will help. 

Johnson, June. "Behind Digital Divide." Global Issues, Local Arguments: Readings for Writing. New York: Pearson Longman, 2007. 424-28. Print. This article is about how wealthy people do not know or realize what it is like to have little money. They do not know how it is like to live on a dollar or .75 cents a day. In this article a person responds, “It has no connection to my life” when someone was saying about how other countries are less wealthy than America. People blame people like Bill Gates for distraction other citizens from problems in the United States, such as people living on only a dollar a day. This article also questions people’s priorities. This article is relevant to my digital story because it shows how some countries are advancing faster than others. As a result, the slower advancing countries people can only live on .75 cents a day or only a dollar. Either financial issue is very difficult I believe because I live on at least twenty dollars because I have the benefits of electricity, college education, food, clothing, etc. This is an important article in my digital story to show examples of what countries are less advanced and how they have to survive. 

Johnson, June. "In Defense of Globalization: Why Culture Exchange Is Still an Overwhelming Force for Good Globalization." Global Issues, Local Arguments: Readings for Writing. Boston: Longman, 2010. 430-35. Print. This article will be used as my naysayer. This article is defending technology by saying it does not separate cultures. From other articles and my own personal experiences I have noticed media and technology are bringing cultures together. Quotes like the following from this article are what is used to form my opinion, "Cross-cultural exchange can spread greater diversity as well as greater similarity: more gourmet restaurants as well as more McDonald's outlets." This statement is defending globalization. This article is also about how losses of diversity are a good thing. I know though that losing diversity is a bad thing because it takes aways different cultures beliefs, traditions, and unique qualities. The purpose of different cultures is for their unique qualities and if they were taken away then cultures would blend which is not good. I can use facts from other articles to defend my reason against this article. Using this article will show two sides of my digital story. 

Packer, George. "When Here Sees There." Global Issues, Local Arguments: Readings for Writing. By June Johnson. Boston: Longman, 2010. 421-23. Print. This article is about how developing countries are satisfied with what they have until they see on television what other countries such as the United States have. After this, the developing countries are jealous and want it. The article will help my digital story because my digital story is partially about how countries are happy with what they have until they see what other countries have and that is one of the main focuses in this story. This article is also about how countries such as America read something in the newspaper about something bad in another country and then two days later they are onto something else and forget what just happened. This is showing how the world is coming apart when it should be coming together. This article will help my digital story by showing how the world is falling apart due to technology such as the television.