The two main texts to consider here are : Zygmunt Bauman’s “Identity in the globalizing world” and Stuart Hall’s “The question of cultural identity”. Both the authors deal with the identity discourse that has taken place with the advent of modernity or what can be thought of as how identity evolved in the modern times. Zygmunt Bauman’s article revolves around the thought that “we have moved from a
(Gafrik, 2009, p. 28) Global literature penetrates deep into cultural diversities and tendencies of the written word around the world. Cultural diversity denotes the set of distinguished spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional traits of society or a social group, and that it covers art and literature, lifestyles, value systems, traditions and philosophies. This paper will explain the role of the global literature in appreciating cultural diversity that is to fight against ethnocentrism and to give deeper understanding of the target culture. In a diverse culture of the current millennia, social divergences vary a great deal between citizens which make it crucial for them to value the ambiances they are in as it allows them to have different worldviews and perspectives in order to fully relish life.
Regulation is also another factor that shapes advertising in a huge way, with examples such as online profiling showing us what technology can do now to target you and this can make you weary of what else they can do to get your attention without noticing. Throughout this essay
In an era of globalisation, culture and tradition are becoming more isolated and homogenized. The process of globalisation is often seen as industrialisation or Westernisation of inferior countries. When globalisation occurs in developing countries such as Swaziland, it is often seen as a loss of culture and tradition. The accepting of Western cultures and adapting to western ideals and ideologies is problematic for traditional states such as Swaziland. This essay aims to identify the ways which the Swazi king maintains power using tradition as well as examine the ways globalisation has had an impact on culture in Swaziland and how the country has kept these major factors, which shape society at large, co-operating.
This shift is also attributable to a “cultural turn”. Cultural turn is realizing the vitality of culture in comprehending the functioning of today’s society (Alexander 1990). However there is still a persistent stigma in comprehending and studying the sociology of Consumer Behavior. On the other hand, there is an even
Who is She? Gender Roles in the ‘Arab World’ The Middle East. A region regularly considered as stagnant, uniform, and backwards, seems to be cemented between modernity and tradition, concepts commonly used as polar opposites in the linear theory of social change. Modernity, associated with concepts as change, progression, and growth, seems to be in contrast with tradition, comprising the static, the old and the authentic. As philosopher Marshall Berman states “To be modern is to find ourselves in an environment that promises us adventure, power, joy, growth, transformation of ourselves and the world – and, at the same time, that threatens to destroy everything we have, everything we know, everything we are.” (1982, 16).
Second to language, shared culture is perceived as the most important tenant of Arab identity (Barakat, 1993). Barakat (1993) criticized the commonly held static view of the Arab culture that emphasizes its “oneness” and he argued that it is oversimplified and over-generalized. Instead he viewed it – as did Kabasakal and Bodur (2002) – as a constantly changing culture that is ripe with plurality and contradictions and he therefore advocated a dynamic rather than static view of culture. Arab society is characterized by a transitional nature due to industrialization, oil- related economic issues, and political instability (Ali, 1990). As a result, new social problems developed and created a continuous struggle to achieve a new social order (Ali, 1990; Barakat, 1993).
Television Advertisement 's influence on the attitude of consumer behaviour Ruchita Sujai Chowdhary,Ph.D. Scholar, Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication,SRM University, Lucknow,ruchitasujaichowdhary@yahoo.in,Ph:-8127387510 Abstract: Advertising is all around us, it is an unavoidable part of everyone’s life. Some people say that advertising is a positive part of our lives while others say it is a negative one. It 's about creating a message and sending it to someone, hoping they will react in a certain way. Advertising becomes controversial when questions arise about how it influences people and whether that is a good thing.
These impacts are both positive and negative- a positive impact is the change of cultural lifestyle, while negative impacts include the loss of cultural diversity as well as the endangerment of languages. Globalisation has
Television viewers, accordingly, are presented to the broadcast messages both by seeing and hearing. Accordingly, they are more prone to be ruled by the philosophies originating from television projects. Consequently, the primary suspicion of cultivation theory is that the anecdotal adaptation of the world telecasted on television has noteworthy effects on human discernment about reality. Gerbner et al (1978) contend that the dreary depictions of the world introduced on television are developed after some time in viewers' brain and add to the adjustments in the way they see the world. Along these lines, it