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Positive And Negative Effects Of Global Culture On Social Culture In Malaysia

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In order to develop, a country must have relationship with other developed country especially in term of economic. When a country start to develop lots of investors, businesses and technologies are brought inside to boost economy. Like other country, Malaysia also adopt some negative and positive consequences of modernization. As know the main tools to develop a country is through information and communication technology. A country with sophisticated information technology is likely to become more adapt with the global culture that also important for business and others institution. Malaysia also one of the country that start developing after allow its economy enter the international trade.
However, as the consequences of the process of modernization in 1971 until now give a lots of negative impact on the socio culture here, for example the liberalism and freedom thought, the way of Malaysian dress and even destroy the unique of each races …show more content…

No doubt that the fashion from western was brought to Malaysia since independent but the issue here is, it destroy the identity of main culture in Malaysia. It is rarely now to see Malay, India and Chinese wear their costume in daily life compare before independent. Besides the culture of wearing traditional clothes in workplace, wedding ceremony and others culture ceremony also decrease. This show that society nowadays are more attractive towards foreign culture rather that preserve own heritage.
Furthermore, the negative of global culture on socio culture in Malaysia is on solidarity among Malaysian. As we know that after NEP the solidarity between races in Malaysia is getting better. However, after the emerge of information and communication technology like computers, Facebook people become more brave to talk about this sensitive issue openly in social network without taking account others

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