Final Draft- Reader's Response to 'Globalization of Culture Through the Media'

In the article ‘Globalization of Culture Through the Media’, Marwan M. Kraidy (2002) explores the different factors that has led to culture hybridization. He points out that the role of media as a major factor has influenced global cultures greatly. The changes transforming world culture was so significant that it prompted a worldwide debate on the issue.

 

Kraidy’s (2002) arguments on how the impact of globalization of the media was interesting as he raised both perspectives of the positives and negatives effect it had on culture. He was critical in his argument by isolating American values as the most influential among other Western values. This is not surprising as the United States (US) was the most influential and powerful nation during the era where globalization started to emerge and widespread (Kraidy 2002).

 

Kraidy’s (2002) perspective on cultural hybridisation explains how globalization and localization are two dynamic factors that interplay, resulting in the creation of hybrid values that is a mixture of traditional and cultural forms. In today’s modern world, we cannot deny the fact that American culture has been adopted in most cultures today. From the diversity of fields of filmography(Hollywood), food, and fashion, just to name some, are some examples of American culture being blend into locals’ culture, creating fusion by-products in an international scale. From fashion branded items such as Calvin Klein apparels or designers’ bags and accessories of Tony Burch (Doran 2012), the global market are trending towards American goods.

 

One of reasons that allowed the American culture be exposed and known to a large audience internationally is due to the Internet and media. It has been recognized that “global media and information technologies have substantially increased contacts between cultures, both in terms of intensity and of the speed with which these two contacts occur” (Kraidy 2002). This statement is highly true when Internet shopping websites are a plenty nowadays like asos.com, where anyone from the world are able to buy American products with just a click of a button. The Internet has revolutionized the way we receive and retrieve information, and online shopping enables individuals to adopt American culture, like fashion, with ease as boundaries are eliminated with globalization.

 

The debate on culture and media is an on-going process, where the complexities of the issue are very much subjective. However, there is no denial of how the media and the Internet have helped to boost the awareness of American culture through online information where it is highly accessible. We need to be aware of the constraint of a hybridized culture, where there is limitation to a certain degree of the acceptance of American values that should not contradict our own culture. The consequences of an imbalanced mixed is inevitable as there is no universal indicator that control individual liberty of choice.         

 

References:

Doran, S. 2012. The Most Searched For American Fashion Brands in the World. [ONLINE] Available at: http://luxurysociety.com/articles/2012/10/the-most-searched-for-american-fashion-brands-in-the-world. [Accessed 18 September 13]

Kraidy, Marwan M. 2002. 'Globalization of Culture Through the Media. [ONLINE] Available at: http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1333&context=asc_papers. [Accessed 18 September 13].

#1 Draft- Reader's Response to 'Globalization of Culture Through the Media'

In the article ‘Globalization of Culture Through the Media’, Marwan M. Kraidy (2002) explores the different factors that has led to culture hybridisation. He pointed out that the role of media as a major factor that influenced global cultures greatly. The changes transforming world culture was so significant that it prompted a worldwide debate on the issue.

 

Kraidy’s (2002) arguments on how the impact of globalization of the media was interesting as he raised both perspectives of the positives and negatives effect it had on culture. He was critical in his argument by isolating American values as the most influential among other Western values. This is not surprising as the United States (US) was the most influential and powerful nation during the era where globalization started to emerge and widespread.

 

Kraidy’s (2002) perspective on cultural hybridisation explains how globalization and localization are 2 dynamic factors that interplay, resulting in the creation of hybrid values that mixed traditional and cultural forms. In today’s modern world, we cannot deny the fact that American culture has been adopted in most cultures today. From the diversity of fields from movies (Hollywood), food, and fashion, just to name some, internationally American values are in some way or another being blend into locals’ culture, creating fusion by-products. From fashion branded items such as Calvin Klein apparels or designers’ bags and accessories of Tony Burch (Doran 2012), the global market are trending towards American goods.

 

One of reasons that allowed the American culture be exposed and known to a large audience internationally is due to the Internet and media. It has been recognised that “global media and information technologies have substantially increased contacts between cultures, both in terms of intensity and of the speed with which these two contacts occur” (Kraidy 2002). This statement is highly true when internet shopping websites are a plenty nowadays like asos.com, where anyone from the world are able to buy American products with just a click of a button. The Internet has revolutionised on how we receive and retrieve information, and online shopping enables individuals to adopt American fashion with ease as boundaries are eliminated with globalization.

 

The debate on culture and media is an on-going process, where the complexities of the issue are very much subjective. However, there is no denial of how the media and the Internet have helped to boost the awareness of American culture through online information where it is highly accessible. We ourselves need to be aware of the constraint of a hybridised culture, where there is limitation to a certain degree of the acceptance of American values that should not contradict our own culture. The consequences of an imbalanced mixed is inevitable as there is no universal indicator that control individual liberty of choice.         

 

References:

Doran, S. 2012. The Most Searched For American Fashion Brands in the World. [ONLINE] Available at: http://luxurysociety.com/articles/2012/10/the-most-searched-for-american-fashion-brands-in-the-world. [Accessed 18 September 13]

Kraidy, Marwan M.. 2002. 'Globalization of Culture Through the Media. [ONLINE] Available at: http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1333&context=asc_papers. [Accessed 18 September 13]. 

Useful Help- variation of words

Response Reading Help: Instead of "Jones says," you can use:

said	concludes	defines
explains	elucidates	repeats
tells us	reports	argues
deduces	analyzes	suggests
warns	advises	investigates
asks	points out	comments
agrees	inimated	implies
hints	proposes	informs
quips	questions	denies
reassures us	demands	declares
remarks	relates	mentions
cautions	reveals	objects
insists	chides	pleads

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taken from http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Write-a-Reading-Response-Essay

#Final Draft "Summary for “The Double Edge of Globalization” (Revised)

Chanda(2007) shows that although globalization has shrunk the world and information is now accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime, it has led to environmental degradation and global warming. These environmental concerns are known to the world audience as information are now made easier to spread internationally and quickly. Globalization has allowed countries to increase trade activity, which adversely affect the environment. The harm that globalization caused the environment was a price to pay when countries seek to expand their economy and the increasing need to exploit natural resources are inevitable. Though there are some acts of prevention, like the Kyoto Protocol, it does not suffice since not all parties are willing to abide by the restricted regulations that may compromise growth. Even though there is no definite control of this global phenomenon, governments, political leaders and international institution have a direct influence to the ever changing course of globalization that will determine our future.

Reference list:

Chanda, N. (2007, 28 June). The Double Edge of Globalization. Yale Global Online. Retrieved from

http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/double-edge-globalization

#1. Thesis Statement for 'Globalization of Culture Through the Media'

Since information transcends boundaries through media and the Internet, more countries have adopted American values into their culture due to its great influence.     

#Final Draft "Summary for “The Double Edge of Globalization”

Chanda(2007) showed that although globalization has shrunk the world and information is now accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime, it has led to environmental degradation and global warming. These environmental concerns are known to the world audience as information are now made easier to spread internationally and quickly. The harm that globalization brought to the environment was a price to pay when countries seek to expand their economy and the increasing need to exploit natural resources are inevitable. Though there are some acts of prevention, like the Kyoto Protocol, it does not suffice since not all parties are willing to abide by the restricted regulations that may compromise growth. Even though there is no definite control of this global phenomenon, governments, political leaders and international institution have a direct influence to the ever changing course of globalization.


Reference list:

Chanda, N. (2007, 28 June). The Double Edge of Globalization. Yale Global Online. Retrieved from

http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/double-edge-globalization

#Draft 1 Summary for “The Double Edge of Globalization”

Chanda(2007) showed that although globalization has shrunk the world & information is now accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime, it has lead to environmental degradation and global warming. These environmental concerns are known to the world audience as informations are now made easier to spread internationally and quickly. The harm that globalization caused the environment was a price to pay when countries seek to expand their economy and the increasing need to exploit natural resources are inevitable. Though there are some acts of prevention, like the Kyoto Protocol, it does not suffice since not all parties are willing to abide by the restricted regulations that may compromise growth. Even though there is no definite control of this global phenomenon, governments, political leaders and international institution have a direct influence to the ever changing course of globalization.

Reference list:

Chanda, N. (2007, 28 June). The Double Edge of Globalization. Yale Global Online. Retrieved from

http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/double-edge-globalization

Juliet's 2nd Draft Summary(1 Sentence!)

According to Juliet(2013), she learnt the different ways and approach to comment on academic questions during her additional English classes after school and became more aware of reading various subjects, thus concluding that having a good grasp of English language is vital in interpersonal and social interactions.

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