The Era of Transparency
In the past and before globalization, it was easy for governments to control and hide information.
In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was kept secret by the USSR. However, the French SPOT satellite flew over the site and the news was reported to the world. Once disclosed, there was no hiding the event. Transparency means that events and news are much harder to hide and much easier to see and learn more about.The rules of communication have begun to change as a result of this technology-driven communications revolution. People, groups, corporations, and governments have become very skilled at creating information or messages that are not entirely accurate. This wide-spread retreat from the truth in order to maintain one’s own interests makes understanding what exactly is the truth very complicated. One can now hear several messages about the same event that are well written and professional presented and the reader or listener must decide for himself which is correct.While the information presented here today is by no means complete, it does give you some added idea as to how the traditional power of the nation-state is beginning to disappear.
National governments and the people that run them have enjoyed power, privilege, and control now for centuries. As globalization continues to develop and expand, nation-states will use new technologies to help them retain traditional forms of control. At the same time, nation-states will try to adapt to the New World Order brought about by globalization.