Global Politics and Media and Communication

The role of the media and the different channels of communication is very important in making global politics the most important means to solve global problems like pollution, povery, nuclear proliferation, population explosion etc. Even if the media and the channels of communication make mistakes in their assessment, they still inform the citizens of the world about the global problems and the solutions offered. The citizens of the world have to be critical in assessing the information they get from the media and the channels of communication and use their filters. the end result is better than the media and the channels of communication provide only "CORRECT and TRUE" information or only information that comes from a centralized body.

Global Politics and Rewards

Globalization and Rationality

Globalization & Rationality from a Liberal Perspective
The communication revolution gave way to globalized overflow of information which informs us about many avoidable human tragedies. The containment of these tragedies makes up the global social agenda at hand. Globalization is considered mainly an economic development with impact on rational decision-making in all facets of life - political, social, psychological, educational, cultural and that of information technology.
There is no consensus as to its contribution to improve rational decision making of the individuals in the community of democratic states. The lack of consensus is confusing. As a small contribution to the efforts to reduce the confusion, I examine three answers to the following question: under what conditions does globalization improve rational decision-making of individuals?
I give two popular answers and one less popular answer. The first popular answer is the answer given by most neoclassical economists which states that globalization, under no constraint, improves rational decision making of individuals. The second popular answer, the social democrat answer is the answer given by social democrats of West European and Scandinavian countries which states that globalization, under reasonable redistribution of income in the form of almost free public services improves rational decision-making of individuals. The less popular answer is the answer given by critical rationalists which states that globalization under democratic control improves rational decision making of individuals.
Globalization points in the direction of a democratic global government in order to be regulated in some way. I propose to accelerate its creation and accredit it with the features of the methodology offered by critical rationalists. The end result may be the moderation of globalization by the enhancement of democratic procedures that control it and the improvement of rational decision making of economic agents.
I first defend democracy and present an overview of globalization’s contemporary impact on liberal philosophy, democratic procedures and governments of liberal democratic states as a forward to the examination of the three answers to the topical question. Second, it examines the three answers to the topical question. I conclude that we may improve rational decision-making of individuals with the help of democratic control of the global free market.