Band 5+: As mass communication and transport continue to grow, societies are becoming more and more alike leading to a phenomenon known as globalisation. Some people fear that globalization will inevitably lead to the total loss of cultural identity.

In the 21st century, there are a conspicuous growth in the field of communication and transportation without doubt. As a result, globalization of the world is unavoidable and some people are concerned about diminishing of nations’ own cultural identity due to this phenomenon, which is countries are becoming similar with other nations. I completely agree with this notion because identity of countries are inextricably linked with influence from the diverse nations.

On the one hand, social media caused prevalence of certain cultural uniqueness. In present-days, there are increasing number of users such as Fackbook and Instagram. 1t is beneficial in terms of connection with diverse range of individuals because social media is enables various countries and people can post photo and spread information easily. However, increasing in the mass media and communication might trigger similarities in content. For example, a Korean television channel launched survival k-pop program called “Produce 101” in 2015. Korea is the country that well-known for its culture, especially entertainment. But several years later, there were a similar television shows related to popularity of celebrities industry. Therefore, the popularity of original korean program with peculiar feature and system in social network was highly affect to the Japanese television program and korean channel lost their own identity due to globalization.

On the other hand, advocates of the idea suggest that globalization is process that influence of the each countries are increasing. Because of great accessibility with variety of transportation models, not only tourists, but also businessmen are able to visit other countries and experience culture. It is undeniable fact that numerous people travel occasionally compare with past generation. In this process, there are exchanges in product as well as idea of infrastructure. For instance, Eifel towel that is France architecture building can be obversed in different countries regardless of the region as a small or differentiated version. This phenomenon is highly rooted on vehicles and transport with accessibility.

In condusion, globalization fostered the world that are similar with other nations. Thus, it is imperative to maintain pelluciar identity of country.