Globalization is an increased connection and fusion among people, ideas, cultures and communities. It describes the constant exchange of ideas and materials that come together to create a world in which everyone’s cultures are continually shared.
Hybridization is the relation of ideas from one area of part of the world to another. Glocalization is when an idea that is successful in one place is adopted in another. Hybridization is an increasing phenomenon along with increasing media connectivity among countries and cultures.
One example of hybridization and glocalization is the show Most Extreme Challenge. It is an American show on Spike TV that is a re-edit of the Japanese game show “Takeshi's Castle.” This television show presented the Japanese idea of a comedy television show with an American mix to it. It became dubbed in English and a new storyline was created. The idea of the show which was very highly successful in Japan from 1986-1989 and played in America from 2003-2007. The show displays glocalization and hybridization because it takes a successful game show idea from Japan and re-develops it into an American show. Ideas are also transmitted from Japanese culture to American culture such as the comedic relief received from watching everyday people try and accomplish ridiculous and completely useless tasks that usually result in painful and humorous disaster.
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