Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): Cultural consequences of Globalization are only negative.

Statement (II): Cultural homogenisation is an aspect of Globalization.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

The correct answer is Option 4 - Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

The cultural effect of globalisation leads to the fear that this process poses a threat to cultures in the world. It does so, because globalisation leads to the rise of a uniform culture or what is called cultural homogenisation. The rise of a uniform culture is not the emergence of a global culture.

It would be a mistake to assume that the cultural consequences of globalisation are only negative. Cultures are not static things. All cultures accept outside influences all the time. Some external influences are negative because they reduce our choices. But sometimes external influences simply enlarge our choices, and sometimes they modify our culture without overwhelming the traditional.

While cultural homogenisation is an aspect of globalisation, the same process also generates precisely the opposite effect. It leads to each culture becoming more different and distinctive. This phenomenon is called cultural heterogenisation. This is not to deny that there remain differences in power when cultures interact but instead more fundamentally to suggest that cultural exchange is rarely one way.