Cultural imperialism
Journalism & Mass communication
2013051644
Sim Sun Bo
Through class I learned about cultural globalization. While cultural globalization is seen as a positive aspect, it has been negative in view of its progress so far. The cultural globalization that has been carried out is almost entirely the shape of the Westernization. I think this is the form of cultural imperialism I learned in other classes. Cultural imperialism can be traced to the word " imperialism. " We can see that the colonial point of view of culture was emphasized like imperialism, which means colonial rule. Culture imperialism can be linked to media imperialism.
Cultural imperialism is criticized in many ways. First, through media, the distribution of culture, information, and knowledge among the developed countries and countries of the United States of America or Britain called developed countries was quantitatively disproportionate. Second, It is a distortion of the contents of cultural products. Culture products of developed countries contain world interpretations from the Western point of view or a Western-oriented values culture, but no third world stance was shown. So their products are not objective at all. Through Western media, Third World cultures are portrayed as barbaric and as a custom that should be eliminated. As a result They have been spreading their ideologies invisibly through media to small countries.
In sum, I think countries with political and economic superiority led the globalization, thus creating an imbalance. Therefore, I think it should be a priority for all countries to be on an equal footing in order to represent a desirable cultural globalization.
Cultural imperialism is criticized in many ways. First, through media, the distribution of culture, information, and knowledge among the developed countries and countries of the United States of America or Britain called developed countries was quantitatively disproportionate. Second, It is a distortion of the contents of cultural products. Culture products of developed countries contain world interpretations from the Western point of view or a Western-oriented values culture, but no third world stance was shown. So their products are not objective at all. Through Western media, Third World cultures are portrayed as barbaric and as a custom that should be eliminated. As a result They have been spreading their ideologies invisibly through media to small countries.
In sum, I think countries with political and economic superiority led the globalization, thus creating an imbalance. Therefore, I think it should be a priority for all countries to be on an equal footing in order to represent a desirable cultural globalization.
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