Globalisation: Changes In The Media Flashcards
Globalisation definition
The process by which societies become increasingly interconnected
How did societies used to be?
Disparate, distant and independent from each other
Cohen and Kennedy
They are increasingly interconnected via globalisation
- in 2015 there are 196 separate nation states, but instead the world is a global village due to economic, social, political and cultural transformations
Political changes
Develop of international political organisations (EU, UN)
- TNC sell products cross cultures and have more influence than states
Cultural changes
Influences by cultures across the world - fashion, music, food, consumerism and tastes are multicultural
Economic changes
- international stock market
- economic boom and bust impacts the whole world
- development of world bank and International Monetary Fund
Risk society
Environmental disasters impact world not just area it happens, increase in international terrorism
High cultures
Elite in society regard as intellectual achievements - art, music, literature, poetry and theatre
Folk culture
Traditions and rituals of a culture - folk singing/ dancing, traditional cultures
Popular culture
Products of the mass media in capitalist societies, TV, films, magazines, popular music, comics enjoyed by the mass of the population
Due to technology and globalisation what has happened?
Worlds population engaged with much of the same popular culture
- films, TV shows (e.g friends) same music (Coldplay)
What does the population engaging in the same things lead to
Cultural homogenisation
Cultural homogenisation
- people’s consumption habits in the field of popular culture, wherever they are in the world have become very similar
- folk culture is rejected in favour of mass produced popular culture
