How has technological advancement affected globalization?


Technological advancement has affected globalization in the following manner:


● Globalization is a multidimensional concept and there is no single factor that has led to it.


● However, a major element of globalization is technology.


● The invention of the telegraph, the telephone and the microchip in recent times has provided better communication between different parts of the world.


● The introduction of printing led to the creation of nationalism.


● Technology has not only affected our personal but our collective lives as well.


● The movement of people and commodities has been made possible by technological advances.


● The pace of this flow may vary.


● The movement of capital and commodities will be quicker and wider than the movement of people across different parts of the world.


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