Media and Globalization and how the concept of “cultural imperialism” could be applied to the Disney Animations
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Media and Globalization and how the concept of "cultural imperialism" could be applied to the Disney Animations There is no globalization without media and communication but this relationship is often overlooked. Media always acts as a bridge interconnecting the world with many different cultures. Globalization is based on the concept of Marshall McLuhan's "Global village" describes cross-border relations between countries, highlights the electronic media and technology that rapidly integrating the planet, thus events in one part of the world could be experienced in real-time from the others, as a result, the world become more integrated. The hybridization or fusing of different cultures all over the world, mixing and representing these into certain dominant forms of media representation result in media globalization and multiculturalism. However, owning to the diversified cultural and historical origins of different countries, the problem of cultural imperialism generally arise leading to the domination...

