L9 Relationship of Global Media and Culture

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Through worldwide news broadcasts, television programming, new technology, film, and music,

the mass media are now recognized as being crucial in advancing globalization and fostering cultural
interaction as well as numerous flows of information and images across nations. Since the 1990s, most
communications media have become increasingly global, expanding their reach beyond the nation-state
to conquer audiences throughout the world. Prior to that time, mainstream media systems in the
majority of countries were generally national in scope. The growth of global capitalism, new
technologies, and the increasing commercialization of global television—which happened as a result of
the deregulation policies adopted by various countries in Europe and the United States to allow the
proliferation of cable and satellite channels have all aided international information flows.

The media significantly affects cultural Globalization affects us in two interrelated ways: First,
the media offer a comprehensive global perspective. cultural products are transmitted, and, secondly,
they aid in the development of communication social networks and structures. The quickly expanding
Existing local and national media cultures are challenged by the supply of media products from an
international media culture. ethnic cultures. The sheer amount of supply, along with the extensive
technological infrastructure and financial resources that advance this supply, have a significant impact
on regional cultural consumption trends and the viability of independent cultural creation. Global media
cultures foster a constant exchange of cultures in which important factors like identity, ethnicity,
religion, social mores, and even gender. These cultural interactions frequently feature the blending of
civilizations. A national, publicly regulated cultural sector is often on the other side of a multinational,
commercial cultural business, with a different socioeconomic base.

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