I personally think it refers to a societal movement when
certain ideologies or behaviors are no longer fit in the society's norm.
For instance, looking at the world back in 1990s, there were
the first WWI, the second, and the Cold War. Back then, the world was busy
diving up the political sphere of influence, constructing an alliance, and fighting against other alliances of the nations; The triple alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy of WW1. However, in 21st century, whenever a civil war breaks out, the current world tend to resolve the conflict by all means. The United States
has been deporting militaries to Somalia, Afghanistan, and Syria in order to
stop unnecessary scapegoats. The point
that I am trying to make here is that the world in 20th century was
blinded by its power and attempted to gorge other nations by using military
force. But as the time has gone by, the
world is more focused on humanitarian issues, such as human rights and civil
wars. One could counter-argue that we,
as the world, are still experiencing conflicts, but there was a shift in
paradigm in terms of why nations are having armed conflicts; Emancipating
people from their malicious dictators.
(photo source: http://heavy.com/social/2013/08/historical-comparison-photos-then-now-ww2-nyc/5/)
In addition, the paradigm shift happened not only in international
relations, but also in social media. Before the mobile phone became
the symbol of the early 2000s, there was a thing called, ‘’Pager.’’ It has only
been 18 years to see a societal change of people walking around with their
newest iPhones or Samsung galaxies from the device making beep-beep sound, a
pager. Moreover, there are countless social media, such as Facebook, Instagram, Tweeter, Snapchat, Vine, and even more. Now we are entering a new era where every personal life is being presented to the public. It is good that we are making an intimate world, but few may concern that this is too much and lacking personal and quality time with family members.
(source://www.statisticbrain.com/facebook-statistic/)
I'm really interested in hearing more about the first topic that you mentioned. I think that this is a shift that hasn't really been explored in depth and I think that you have the opportunity to shed some light on a very relevant and important topic. I also think that your second topic is good too, but the first one is a lot more original!
ReplyDeleteIt would be cool to see the change in how governments get involved and why they get involved. It also seems like it would be a good topic because not many people are doing.
ReplyDeleteI think that you seem a lot more interested in your first topic, which will help make your paper great! I think the first topic is the better choice, because it is original and something that you will enjoy writing and researching!
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