Globalization and the Media

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This paper examines the impact of globalization on Canada and the Canadian media. It argues that the media is responsible for carrying cultural influences, but that these influences are mostly coming from the United States and, to a limited extent, there is a presence of other cultures visible within the media in Canada. The paper also provides some examples of the multiculturalism that is evident in the Canadian media.

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"In Canada cultural influences are carried through the media but also with the different cultural communities in the Canadian society. The influences in the media are largely coming from the USA, and this is the case not only in Canada but also in most countries of the world. Due to Canadian multiculturalism, there is also some limited influence on the Canadian media from other, non-western cultures that now constitute an important part of Canada and its population. Although one can exist without the other it is unlikely that that will be the case. Overall, the larger effect of this case is that the community cultural influences can serve as a balance against the threat homogenizing of culture, and that globalization itself has a great potential for cultural influences that have so far largely been restricted to the export of US culture worldwide."

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