Globalization Archive: Measuring Globalization
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Media and Globalization, Spring 2005
“In 1983, mass media was owned by 50 companies; by 1987, these had shrunk to 29. Ten years later, 10 companies dominate American media...Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) found in a 2001 survey of ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News that '92 percent of all U.S. sources interviewed were white, 85 percent were male and, where party affiliation was identifiable, 75 percent were Republican.'” (Read more...)
Development, Fall 2004
“In 2002, official estimates of remittances to developed countries were $20 billion, but actual amounts may have been on the order of $100-$200 billion. Those remittances that were recorded represented 42 percent of foreign investment in developing countries and 250 percent of foreign aid.” (Read more...)
Outsourcing, Spring 2004
“Of the 2.7 million jobs lost in the last three years, an estimated 300,000—about 11 percent of the total—were lost to outsourcing. In 2003, an estimated 193,900 new US jobs were created due solely to outsourcing. More than 589,000 new American jobs from outsourcing are anticipated by 2008.” (Read more...)
