Future of the Global Village: Research Questions
Media
1.How many televisions in the whole world?
2.What's the difference of the distribution of TV in different countries?
3.What's the percentage of programs related to provide information rather than for entertainment?
4. What's the percentage of local TV compared to global TV in different countries?
5. What's the technical support of TV?
6. What's the political support of TV?
7. What's the economical support of TV?
8. What's the trend of TV?
9. Is non-commercial TV needed in the future?
10. What is the percentage of cable TV and air TV?
11. What's the technical support of TV?
12. How does technoloyg affect transportation and communication which are important factors for international trade?
13. How many people nowadays use internet?
14. How long does it take to spread technology?
15. What happened to global airtransportation from 1950 to 1998?
16. How many users use telephone?
Social & Culture
What is culture?
What is local culture?
What is global culture?
How local and global culture relate and interact?
How media change culture?
What is globalization and how globalization affect culture?
Why national government protect local culture and how?
Who support the formation of global culture?
What is democratic globalization?
Economy
1.What are the functions of important international finance instituitions?
2.What are the important regional organizations and treaties playing indispensable roles in world today?
1.What is the growth of international trade?
Environment
1.How about the oil consumption today?
2.Oil reserves were exaggerated.
Policy
1.New world order.
2.What is anti-globalization?
3.What is international law?