Wednesday 12 February 2014

Summary (Reader's Response)

In the article of "Globalisation of Culture Through the Media", Kraidy (2002) has evaluated the highly debated issue on cultural imperialism and its alternatives. He mentions about a debate if the West is unfairly imposing their culture on Asian countries through the media. The inequality of the flow of information exists and is due to the initiation of new media technologies intensify the debate. Kraidy stated that globalisation is seen to be a better alternative than cultural imperialism as it depicts the ever-changing complex environment including the different stakeholders weakening cultural unity.

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