The Globalization of Media

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This paper discusses how, through the globalization of the media, American culture is dominating the world and threatens to undermine the cultures of other countries. The paper then looks at the use of censorship in other cultures and the sometimes unsuitable use of the American style media in places like South Africa. The paper discusses how the American global media conglomerates could be given the opportunity to control the information that enters each and every household in the world and looks at how the Canadian government is actively attempting to limit the amount of American media that enters into the country. The paper asserts that more countries need to follow this lead in order to protect their culture and their way of life.

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"With so many cultures all over the world, it is easy to see why there could be problems regarding the globalization of media, since different cultures will interpret events differently. For example, the ongoing War in Iraq will be covered differently by various news outlets in different countries, depending on those countries' cultural beliefs. In Muslim culture, an individual would be labeled as a hero for committing a martyr attack, while North American Christian culture would label such an event in a negative manner. Since it is a culture issue, there really is no right or wrong, as everything is based on interpretation. The problem with the globalization of media is that one of the cultures would have to sacrifice hearing the events in the manner that it would be accustomed to hearing it in."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Canadian Broadcasting Act: Content Provisions - Summary". Media Awareness Network. viewed 16 November 2006. http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/legislation/canadian_law/federal/broadcasting_act/broad_act_content_pr.cfm
• CIA World FactBook. "South Africa". 14 November 2006. Viewed 16 November 2006. https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sf.html
• "East African Journalists Deliberate on Media and Globalization". viewed 16 November 2006. http://www.addistribune.com/Archives/2001/11/30-11-01/East.htm
• Hallin, Daniel C. and Mancini, Paolo. "Americanization, Globalization and Secularization: Understanding the Convergence of Media Systems and Political Communication in the U.S. and Western Europe". viewed 16 November 2006. http://communication.ucsd.edu/people/f_hallin_homogenization.htm
• "Media Globalization". viewed 16 November 2006. http://www.sagepub.co.uk/upm-data/9446_010773Ch2.pdf#search='globalization%20of%20media'

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