The Discourse of Globalization: Framing and Sensemaking of an Emerging Concept

How major events are constructed in public discourse continues to be a topic of interest across disciplines. Particularly large-scale transformations such as industrialization, the emergence of capitalism, democratization, or globalization are marked by discursive struggles over their social and cultural impacts, and the outcome of these struggles may facilitate or impede the transformations’widespread acceptance.1 Such large-scale changes may not be experienced equally or directly encountered by those who interpret and act upon them. Instead, such changes can best be dealt with through shared understandings primarily shaped and The Discourse of Globalization: Framing and Sensemaking of an Emerging Concept