Globalization of Media: Key Issues and Dimensions Mirza Jan Department of Mass Communication‚ Gomal University D.I.Khan (NWFP) Pakistan E-mail: mirzajan_5@hotmail.com Tel: +92-0966-9280461; Fax: +92-0966-9280100 Abstract This review paper discusses globalization of media and trends unifying widely different societies‚ integrating them into one World. Like all popular concepts meant to cover a variety of phenomena‚ both "interdependence" and "globalization" have many meanings. Developments have been
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presiding figures of many countries as‚ amongst others: infrastructural changes such as dams and highways; social changes such as getting rid of the perceived ills of traditional beliefs and practices and revamping educational systems with an emphasis on modern science and rationality; and political changes such as creating an efficient bureaucracy and State apparatus to preside over the decolonised domain. This three-pronged strategy was underpinned by what came to be known as modernisation theory. The
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Does excessive use of social media contribute to addictive behaviours and mental health issues? It does because the influencing obscene information on the internet can make people crave more of it. It will influence them to do worse and may lead to addiction. People who use social media including Facebook‚ Twitter and Instagram for hours on end are most likely to have mental health issues. Over the years social media is the main cause in the way people communicate and interact‚ these changes will
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The “Normal” and the Queer: Issues With Media Representation The importance of popular media representation is often underestimated to the average eye. Television‚ movies‚ books‚ and video games are just a few of the many examples of media to are available to an increasingly growing audience. Although forms of media are not reality‚ they are representations‚ a looking glass for society at large to identify with and see themselves in. How many times have we watched a big-time action flick and
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STATE UNIVERSITY English studies department VITALI SIMSIVE FROM TRADITIONAL TO MODERN TEACHING ENGLISH SUPERVISOR: RUSUDAN GVILAVA KUTAISI 2005 Nowadays‚ when the market of education at technology is full of suggestions how to teach English‚ a very actual issue has arisen: "what methods of teaching do you use?" A thoughtful student or a businessman often stops in front of bookshelves‚ full of linguistic literature or books on media and steadily goes through the long list of advertisements. One
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Media performs very important functions in the society. In modern democratic nation‐state system it is considered as the fourth pillar of the state whose functions are indispensible for the smooth and effective functioning of a society. It is the dire need of today’s globalized people to be aware of their surroundings. Therefore everyone gets information through easy accessible sources of media. Mainly mass media is involved in providing latest information about whole world‚ national‚ and local events
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Elif Taştekin 13.15.2013 Who Owns the Information on the Internet? “If you feel like someone is watching you‚ you’re right … If you’re not doing anything about this anxiety‚ you’re just like almost everyone else” (Sullivan‚ 2011). Social media is the new essential. Socialization‚ entertainment‚ and information source for a huge amount of people. It is almost in every area in daily life and the data entered is growing rapidly day by day. The question is who receives these data? What do
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In this‚ the 21st century‚ control over the masses seems to becoming more apparent from a hierarchy containing a handful of self-selected highly ranked‚ influential individuals. Controlling the views and beliefs of whole nations of people‚ by controlling what information they receive and how this information is delivered. Some of these people are highly respected‚ trusted and in positions of authority. Their words have the power to not only give hope to‚ but also scare and shape the beliefs of
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Media Reaction Current Political Issue Patrick Abbey SOC/315 The border between the United States and Mexico is about 2‚000-miles and has existed since the Guadalupe Treaty in 1848. This border which follows the Rio Grande river and consists of many roads and towns that join the two countries‚ some of which have families living on each side. For many years people were free to cross back and forth between the two countries‚ though there were some that were considered as high traffic and had
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The army also proposed free medical outreach in the region. This is quite different from the pictures painted on social media; many chose to paint the exercise as an operation to systematically exterminate the Igbos. The Nigerian Army also shared hotlines and toll-free call centre information to ensure the proper conduct of the exercise. Instead of this information spreading like wildfire on social media so as to ensure the protection of human rights‚ people chose to spread the impression that the
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