Globalisation and Popular culture LT4*

Question 1

what did Crother observe?

Answer 1

that a combination of economic, political and cultural factors promotes globalisation in 3 ways

Question 2

Crother’s first factor

Answer 2

New and increased relationship have been created between people, social networks and ideas go beyond traditional state borders

Question 3

Crother’s second factor

Answer 3

People are linked in new ways as both the production of goods as well as flow of finance capital and consumption

Question 4

Crother’s third factor

Answer 4

Global issues have become local issue because of the speed of communication meaning identities are shaped and reshaped

Question 5

Bell (2015)

Answer 5

Facebook has 1.2 billion users engaged in constructing their identities through posting and visual representation adding to personal identity

Question 6

how has the media affected globalisation?

Answer 6

media has transformed the worlds concept of time and space.

Question 7

what has assisted globalisation of the media?

Answer 7

economic growth, transnational media and cyber-corporations e.g. News corp

Question 8

McChesney (2002)

Answer 8

The majority of the worlds media is dominated, in terms of the revenue is generated by fewer than 10 media corporations

Question 9

the effects of globalisation on popular culture?

Answer 9

postmodernist argue media has play a big role in changing society leading to societies being ‘media saturated’
more influential in shaping personal identities

Question 10

how does mass media effect identity ?

Answer 10

Postmodernists argue the media has changed consumption patterns making more aware of diverse choices

Question 11

Strinati (1995)

Answer 11

the distinction between high culture and popular culture had become blurred increasing consumption choice

Question 12

what do postmodernist claim about metanarratives?

Answer 12

people today are disillusioned with politics, philosophical and scientific theories and metanarratives about how society works

Question 13

what does a media saturated society?

Answer 13

produces a more media literate audience that is aware there is no such thing as a single and absolute truth meaning world is relative

Question 14

Participatory Culture

Answer 14

the involvement of users, audience and consumers in the creation of culture and content e.g. contributing to Wikipedia

Question 15

Shirky (2011)

Answer 15

global culture has become more democratic because users are enable to produce culture themselves and to not just listen and watch without actively making and creating culture

Question 16

The globalisation of media and popular protest

Answer 16

Murthy (2013) claims sites such as Facebook can increase political awareness of issues such as protest and therefore help coordinate a mass political response to these issues.

Question 17

The effect of global media on local culture

Answer 17

postmodernists argue that globalisation brings about more choice with regard to identities and lifestyle influencing in positive ways around the world.

Question 18

postmodernist views of media on local culture

Answer 18

believe local cultures are not swallowed up by global media culture rather adapts