UNIT 1 TOPIC 1: Global Communication: North-South Divide The North-South Divide is a socio-economic and political categorization of countries. The Cold-War-era generalization places countries in two distinct groups; The North and the South. The North is comprised of all First World countries and most Second World countries while the South is comprised of Third World countries. This categorization ignores the geographic position of countries with some countries in the southern hemisphere such as Australia and New Zealand being labeled as part of the North. Generally, definitions of the Global North include the G8 countries, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, all member states of the European Union, Israel, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, as well as Australia and New Zealand and four of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, excluding China. The Global South is made up of Africa, Latin America, and developing Asia, includ...
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