What would happen to the world if television and radio did not exist, and how would that change the face of globalization?

The fact of the matter is that much of the world relies on either television or radio for both information and entertainment. Whether it is a local newscast, a radio program about public affairs, a situation comedy from a major network, or a championship soccer match. These media outlets connect communities and connect nations. Watching television or listening to a radio is a shared experience, and even though the nations of the world have vastly different types of programming, people learn a lot about the rest of the world through these two forms of media. This provides the world with both opportunity and danger: the opportunity to educate, and the danger to manipulate.

This section of the site will deal with the influence of television and radio on the process of globalization. The papers range from a historical examination of the development of television news, ("From the living room to the world: The Globalization of Television News" by Andrew White, to a visualization of the co-ownership of broadcast media in Latin America, by Cathy Lewis), To the emergence of the Hispanic radio network in the U.S., giving the readers both macro and micro examinations of broadcast media and globalization.