One of the most conspicuous trends in the 21st century is probably the closer connection between people. And this is caused by the globalization. Globalization is a catch-all term that refers to any activity that involves more than one country.
Refer to the presentation by Vanessa and Laura, journalism and the media have greatly influenced by the development of globalization. Facebook, twitter, and blogs are become part of our life. This is something that we can’t avoid due to the development of globalzation and new technology.
With the globalization in mass media, people can connect with others more easily and frequently. We can use Skype and internet to talk to the one that in a far place, we can share our feelings of the issue online, we can send emails instead of writing letters.
Due to the globalization, the international media companies expand across the world. There are also some negative impacts showed in this area. Firstly, the dominance of some international media is a sign of Western cultural imperialism and has the potential to thwart cultural diversity. For instance, Time Warner, control large sectors of the media market, and therefore, they use their media products to change others believes, values and opinions. And this may cause other countries to follow them. For example, due to the success of talent show programs in America, like American Idol. Other countries began to follow and create their own talent show, like Singapore Idol.
Lastly, at the age of globalization, journalists should more aware of the articles they are writing, and ensure the accuracy of the information.
I agree with you Wangxue, especially Facebook, twitter, and blogs are become part of our life, and globalization is a catch-all term that refers to any activity that involves more than one country.
ReplyDeleteIt is true that the dominance of some international media is a sign of Western cultural imperialism, however, there are still things like contra-flow which make the western countries feel interested in the estern world.
I think if the international media is playing the real role of the "international ", then there will be no problems of freedom of speech.
Hey Wamg Xue:)I agree with you that globalization do bring big influences to media industries. From my point of view, as the emergence of globalization, the United States is no longer the only superpower of the international media. Culture proximity and geographical closeness helps the culture cross borders. For instance, China is definitely more influenced by Korean and Japanese culture to American culture through watching Korean dramas and Japanese manga compared to the American talk shows. Therefore, because of the globalization, the Western media, especially the US will no longer dominate the whole world's media,and there will no longer be cultural imperialism as well.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinions, as journalism practitioners, they have to consider carefully about how to balance journalism globalization and localization. Thanks to society and tech developments, audience can receive media products from over the world. What's more, people can broaden their acknowledge and be more entertained. On the other hand, people may not pay attentions on their own countries' culture/media developing because of globalization.
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