...and industrialisation -- are precisely the means by which 'globalisation as a concept comes to refer both to the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole' [7992: 8]. Robertson is nevertheless correct in identifying the inability to explain globalisation...

...globalization in cultural terms is developed by Robertson (1992). He defines globalization as: 'both the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole' (1992: 8). The notion of global compression bears some similarity to Wallerstein. It refers to an increasing...

...resurface in the current debate about globalization. Robertson (1992: 8), who defines globalization as 'the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole', points to four key features of globalization: ( 1 ) Legal conventions. This refers to the growth of...

...of peripheral societies on the receiving end can no longer be sustained. GLOBALISATION OF THE MEDIA Globalization as a concept refers both to the compression...intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole (Robertson 1992, p.8). The term 'globalisation' is difficult to escape; it has become almost a cliche...

...(respectively) these objective and subjective processes that he is referring to when Robertson claims that, 'Globalization as a concept refers both to the compression...intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole' (1992: 8). Thus, the world is being compressed through the electronic overcoming of distance and through...

...significance of globalization to social thought. The concept of globalization, Robertson (1992: 8) notes, refers "both to the compression of the world and the...intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole." Globalization is not a new phenomenon, but it has accelerated in the twentieth century. And, citing...

...actuality nor a historical possibility. (Saurin. 1995:257) I will return to this theme later. In short, 'globalization as a concept refers both to the compression of the world and the intensification of the consciousness of the world' (Robertson, 1992: 8). This compression is normally accounted for through...

...or processes in these notions.80 Thus, alongside the development of "globalization as a concept," of the "compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole"81 also developing is an increasing propensity to tribalization and radical recommunizations....

...relates to an increased 'global interrelatedness' (Featherstone, 1990a: 6), and it can be described as 'the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole' (Robertson, 1992: 8). According to some, this will lead to a homogenization of cultures which consequently...

...religious identity. Globalization and Identity Roland Robertson has defined globalization as "both the compression of the world and the intensification of consciousness of the world as a whole" (1992:8). Robertson sees globalization as the mechanism by which the world has become a single place...