Category: Culture

  • Mass Media in American Culture: Influences and Interactions

    Table of Contents Active Audience Passive audience Case Study Personal Opinion Bibliography Modern mass media and message equipment own unparalleled control over encoding and circulating typical demonstrations. All the way through the countries in the West, people devote a substantial amount of their leisure time within one social network or another, adding together more hours…

  • Cultural and Social Pressures in the Caramel Film

    Table of Contents Introduction Themes used in the movie caramel Conclusion Introduction Caramel movie, discusses the societal challenges that women face. Society has a way of judging women by making them live up to some standards. In the movie Caramel, the women characters are trying to change this perception. They are enlightening people on the…

  • Viacom MTV and Its Influence on World Culture

    Table of Contents Introduction The Concepts of Cultural Imperialism and Electronic Colonialism References Introduction The implementation of information technologies into modern life and the constant emergence of new media resources has become quite a common phenomenon. However, the impact of multimedia space on people’s lives may have become more dominant than in the past century.…

  • Intercultural and Cosmopolitan Education

    Table of Contents Background to the Resource The Relevance of the Resource Analysis Using Gorski’s Framework Summary and Conclusions Works Cited Background to the Resource The resource under consideration is a political cartoon that dwells upon race-related issues. It can be helpful in intercultural education as it is related to such aspects as equality, discrimination,…

  • Controversial Advertising: Producing Cultural Affect

    Table of Contents Introduction Literature Review Case Study Description Discussion Conclusion List of Visual Materials Reference List Introduction Over the past decades, the use of controversial advertisements has been embedded into general marketing practices. The deliberate use of shocking or offensive imagery has aimed to attract the attention of consumers and increase their curiosity about…

  • Cultural Diversity in Media and Gender Prejudices

    Over the last two decades, media industry has played a huge role in determining how people socialize in our communities. Media can significantly influence how individuals in our societies relate and understand one another (Barker 1999). There is a mismatch between how different genders, particularly women, are portrayed in the media and how they appear…

  • International Education and Intercultural Learning

    Intercultural Learning Intercultural education has been regarded as a framework that can and should be developed and adopted. Many people still think that such kind of educations is still in its infancy or even will be adopted in the future. However, the future is now when it comes to intercultural education. There are many gaps…

  • Ethical, Legal and Multicultural Challenges in a Crisis

    Table of Contents Ethical, Legal, and Multicultural Challenges and Barriers Overcoming Ethical, Legal, and Multicultural Challenges and Barriers Conclusion References Major crises, such as natural disasters, may lead to highly adverse consequences for a large number of individuals. These individuals often may require the assistance of third persons to cope with the disaster and return…

  • Changing the Culture via YouTube: Creating and Consuming Streaming Videos

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Reference Introduction YouTube has become the most popular video hosting in the world and completely turned the user’s ideas about creating and consuming streaming videos. Millions of creators are posting content every day to maintain public interest in their personalities. To some extent, it may even seem that…

  • Mass Society and Popular Culture Theories

    Table of Contents A Comparison between Mass Society and Popular Culture The Most Applicable Theory Today References Mass society and popular culture theories give two quite different perspectives on the relationships between media and audiences. The two theories depend on an explicit division amid the present and the past (Beaty, 2005). This division is usually…