Globalization and Hybridity

Globalization is the process of interconnectedness among cultures, nations and people. An example of globalization is hybridizing. This is where interaction or mixing occurs between two separate cultures over time and a new culture is formed. In the sense of media hybridizing, it where one idea is taken from a certain place and adopted somewhere else for better use. Examples would be genres or scripts in movies. When two ideas are hybrized then globalization is occurring because the two products are now connected through cultures, nations or people.

            An example of globalization and hybridizing from a media source would be taking a foreign film not made in the US and bringing it to the US for further money making. An example of this would be the movie Slumdog Millionaire. It was not an American made movie. It is actually a British movie that was brought to the United States. Most Americans would just assume this was an American made movie because it became so popular here through globalization and hybridizing. The ideas for this movie were started in the United Kingdom and then brought to the United States for further profits. When this transfer occurs it is an example of hybridizing of products for further benefit to the original creator.