booklet 3 Flashcards
Who defines globalisation as ‘the widening, deepening and speeding up of world-wide interconnectedness’ ?
Held Et Al
Who defines culture as that which is socially rather than biologically transmitted. It therefore refers to all that is learnt from others in society such as norms, values, rules and traditions?
Scott and Marshall
Who believes sites like Twitter can be used to draw attention to human rights abuses, repression and protest and coordinate a mass political response to these issues?
Murthy
Demonstrations in Burma in what year received far more coverage because citizens had access to mobile phones and internet which they could use to send messages and images about the protests ?
2007
Who argues that global media products are frequently adapted by local folk cultures, resulting in a blend of both influences, becoming a hybrid of the two. Local cultures adapt global cultures e.g. Bollywood films combine Hollywood and Indian entertainment values. People don’t abandon their own culture but mix and match elements of global culture they like whilst keeping their own traditions too
Thompson
The cultural imperialist view is heavily influenced by what school that sees popular culture as an attempt to distract the working class from exploitation and inequality, which encourages conformity and discourages critical thinking about the world?
Marxist Frankfurt School
Who claimed that media companies encourage their audiences to subscribe to the following ways of thinking:
1)Commodity fetishism
2)False needs
3)Conspicuous consumption
Marcuse
Who argues that globalisation is actually Americanisation. The US is the ‘empire’ behind cultural imperialism and is imposing its media and popular culture on less powerful nations?
Flew
