Role of Globalization on Socialization The role that globalization in the media has on socialization is that it’s another influential factor as to being a major agent of socialization. In today’s media, we receive information about international countries, whether it’s good or bad. Because the world is developed in globalization, there is still a status hierarchy within the society. Regardless of globalization, many cultures are similar to the American culture. On the views of gender roles, various countries are more focused on the male gender, as the male gender is seemed more dominant than the female gender. This is not any different from the American culture, since the media is often capturing the male gender to show masculinity and dominance, compared to the female gender that is often perceived as weak. As technology becomes more advanced, the media (whether it’s the Internet or television), people are capable of connecting with anyone in the world or accessing anything on the web. With that, people are capable of gaining knowledge on other cultures in the world, such as fashion trends. Individuals can choose to follow a certain trend that is popular in another country, making the individuals more open-minded about another culture rather than their own; however, if the trend is identified as “strange” or “weird” by another culture, this can cause a self-identity conflict. In a sense, globalization in the media does have some pros and cons, but it depends on how individuals in society can accept it and allow it to be a part of the traditional norms or rather simply rejecting it and continuing with the societal