Globalisation and the media: wider issues

Go to our Media Magazine archive and click on MM47 - the case study issue. You need to find page 31 and the Google Glass feature: a case study in Globalisation.

Read the article and answer the following questions:

1) Why was Google Glass controversial?

'The main concerns with the advent of Glass however relate to issues of privacy. If people using Glass are effectively able to walk around and film everything that they’re looking at, how are the public to know if they’re being filmed without having given their permission?' Privacy is the key controversial as to people not having the permission to not be recorded on this device. This is important because this can make problems like breaking rights that people have.

2) What are the positive elements to Globalisation that the article highlights?
This allows 'people in this sense Glass can be seen to be part of 'technological determinism', because it will liberate the user to such an extent that it will change the very way that we interact with each other and the environment around us.' This is what the positive effect of communicating and would mean can intereact. Its also a new kind of technology making a positive for people get new kind of device.

3) What are potential negatives to Globalisation?
The privacy factor would be the disadvantage as there is no choice as to not asking people permission this would be a problem. Also the price would be a problem as for many people not really buying and the market going down for this.

4) What is a techno-panic? How does it link to moral panics?
A techno panic is the moral panic that centers its whole problem around technology so for example the privacy of technology instead of social matters.  

5) What is your opinion on the privacy debate and major corporations being able to access large quantities of personal data?
In my opinion i believe that privacy is key but with the device you can use it in different places with out people reach. The benefit of this is that it doesnt need to see people it can be used in different places. it may have negatives of having to be used on the go and be very expensive as to being a new technological device that can access data, however it is first of the kind and should be having improvements.