WESTERNIZATION

Effects of Global Communication on Westernization



COMMUNICATION AND CULTURAL GLOBALIZATION

Analysis of the explosion in international exchanges is mainly focused on the impact of globalization and between the peoples of the world economic aspects of the cultural exchanges between the expenditure. Americanization of globalization is another term? General pattern of media ownership that is west led by the United States to dominate the information the major media and entertainment sectors in international flows. But what is such a global way flow of information and entertainment on the national and regional media culture shock? Some people believe that the international communication and media are lead to cultural homogenization, but the global / national / local interaction model may be more complex. (Montana, et al., 2008)

Globalization of western culture

As detailed in the previous course of global communications hardware and software industry is owned by a few multinational corporations, especially those based in the United States. So, first we study the Americanization.

Americanization

The United States to other countries of the cultural impact of the United States has used the term, in a particular culture and American culture substitution phenomena. When encountered unwillingly or perforce, it has a negative connotation, when to seek voluntary, it has a positive connotation. (Baluska, et al., 2006)

Westernization

Westernization is a non-Western society that "Western culture" in the industrial, technological, legal, political, economic, lifestyle, diet, language, alphabet, culture, religion or values deal with the impact of these things. Westernization has been in the past few years the popularity of the world and accelerates the impact. It is usually a two-sided process, that Western influence and interests of their society by the impact of a change on the hope that at least in part to a more Westernized society in the realization of certain aspects of Western life or hope. Westernization can also be involved in the process of acculturation. Acculturation refers to the change in a society or culture; there will be two different groups of direct continuous contact. After exposure, the changes in cultural patterns in one or both of the culture are obvious. (Barnlund, 2008)

In popular speech, Westernization can also refer to Western expansion and colonialism on the local society. For example, the local people who have used European languages and customs of the characteristics of the West is known as assimilation or westernization. Westernization may be forced or voluntary depending on the exposure circumstances. Domination, destruction, resistance, survival, adaptation, and the local culture may follow different degrees of modification interethnic contact. In one case, the experience of local culture as a more powerful outsiders damage caused by a "shock period" is often the result from the encounter. This is the shock stage, particularly in relation to colonial expansion or the interaction between characteristics of the times. In the shock phase, civil repression of the use of force may lead to cultural collapse, or ethnic and cultural extinction, this is a culture of physical extinction.

The effects of global communication and how it develops

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