Global Interdependance
'You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours' is a concept that makes our world go round. Every country on our planet is involved with at least one other country that provides it with the extra "aid", whichever form it may come in, to sustain its existence on our planet. Nations assist one another by trading goods and services, offering financial and moral support, etc. to one another, which benefits both (or more) of the nations involved, some more than others. Our society has come to a point where our whole way of life is dependant on our fellow global citizens. We are in essence, a global family. Anything we do, in one way or another relates to the relationship our government has established with the other nations around the world. In today's world, our existence relies on the economic and political relations we develop with other countries. Certain issues, especially those affecting a large proportion of our world's six billion inhabitants, can only be dealt with, with an international discussion. Child labour, poverty, literacy and hunger are regarded as world issues as they directly affect a very large percentage of our world's population. Third world countries, mainly southern (Africa, Sout
Marketing is influenced by the culture of the area in question. Culture includes aspects such as morals (sexual, inhibited), geography (warm climate, cold climate), political relations, laws of the area, etc. For example, In the States, tobacco advertisements are openly erected in public, whereas as in Canada, a nation only across the border, tobacco advertisements are banned. Another example, Europe is a very sexually open society, and as such, sex and sexual desire is a recurring theme in advertisements but in the Middle East, where people are more reserved, sexual content could be rarely seen in public. Yet another example is the difference in alcoholic advertisements in Muslim and Christian nations. Since alcohol is banned in Islam, it will not appear in ads while Christianity accepts alcohol and is easily marketed in Christian societies. Also, climate and geography has a major impact on the products being advertised. Countries of northern position will advertise winter products and services ,such as skates and skiing, but in countries where those sports do not exist due to climatic and geographical barriers, they may instead advertise scuba diving gear and sand duning (tobogganing on sand dunes). It is very evident that marketing techniques differ from one continent, even one country , to another. In conclusion, from the arguments stated above, it is obvious that we need each other, as a global society, to survive, and continue living the "comfortable" lives we live in today. Better economic and political
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