Globalization Of The South : An Emerging Western Source Of International News Services

The culture industry affects everything in today’s society. Adorno states, “The whole world is passed through the filter of the culture industry” (99). Everywhere people go, there are billboards, commercials, and advertisements that demand their attention. Before seeing a movie, one must sit through previews of other movies that may interest them, as the theater hopes that the moviegoer returns to watch another movie. In the culture industry, people no longer exist as individuals. They only exist as objects that increase the wealth of the big business owners that control this capitalistic society. Because no one contests the existence of the culture industry, the culture industry can continue to exist. About the film and radio industries, Adorno states, “They call themselves industries, and the published figures for their directors’ incomes quell any doubts about the social necessity of their finished products” (95). Creating unique and groundbreaking films in today’s world is considered “risky,” and filmmakers would rather create sequels to films that were successful in the box office. People excitedly consume these sequels and the directors make huge profits, thereby ensuring yet another sequel to be made. Adorno also points out that the film and radio

The Cinema has became one of America’s favorite past times. The artistry and the technology has captured American audiences, giving films influence over our culture. The film industry can easily change people’s opinions, without much work Hollywood can make us hate the villains and love the heroes. Through this we see the power that the cinema industry has grown to have, and the influence it has in our society. However it is also our society who possess even greater influence over the film industry.

The lack of diversity in mainstream films and television shows have not changed much since the movie industry has begun. The ever-expanding entertainment industry seems to lack what Americans are searching for. My claim is that Hollywood does not reflect how diverse our society really is! There’s three reasons to support my claim, first, the film industry is dominated by a majority white figures. I have more evidence that suggest that Hollywood continuously reinforces negative stereotypes. Lastly, there is a lack of representation for African Americans entertainers and African American agents. Hollywood is also a city in California, annexed from Los Angeles also famously known as “The Creative City”. However, films we produce in Hollywood does not reflect how diverse our society has become since the beginning of the movie industry.

“Nobody Knows: How the Media and Culture Industries Work” by David Grazian explains the relationship between the media and how culture creates a web of networks that assist the implementation of popular culture in media. Media plays a huge role in how popular culture is spread to different parts of the world. In addition, the article emphasizes the importance of how film, music, and record industries bring in revenue and how they are able to attract the audience through the utilization of the media to spread the product. Grazain also points out that it is quite difficult for the industries to target an audience as everyone prefer different types of genres. However, the industries will rely on boundary spanners and gatekeepers. These individuals

Minority groups are composed of approximately “15.7% of prime time drama casts, even though they represent 25.4% of the population” (Horton). Racism in the media planted its roots early and deep within the executive sectors of the entertainment industry—-film studios, production agencies and casting directors. In its initial creation, Hollywood was cultivated by being severely risk-averse. The television/film industry was instituted largely by Eastern European Jews in the early 20th century and has since failed to prosper any significant progression of integrating multicultural actors into televised productions playing leading roles. We as a collective society

In the recent years, media, especially news outlets had been accused of being severely influenced by political party’s establishments due to their content. For example, in the United States, some had accused media companies of being biased towards a political party while they clearly support the other. It is a fact that this accusation, no matter how ridiculous they may sound, still holds some elements of truth in it. Since it is undeniable that the media industry is in one way or another affected by external factors, this essay will discuss the various ways of how movies and TV shows are affected by the political and economic factor. The essay focuses on movies and TV shows because they generally capture a larger scale of audience, causing

I did this to further understand the role of media in the world, as I hope this essay proves to do as well. The duty of portraying correct information, specifically as the client or assignment desires. The consistent utilization of multiple sources and ideas in order to consequently be “true”. As a student and proprietor of personal experience and expertise, I will strive to remain independent and balanced in my opinion. This is superlatively important in a structured debate such as this one. In media and more locally in my class, the promotion and recognition of creativity and freedom of expression is/was an inhibitor and restrictor of content. The relation of the obligation of the media to fulfill the thirst for knowledge inherent in us all is something very complex and necessary to explain. Moreover, it is at the time of this argument, very evocative to think about this in the examples utilized in this essay. This is essentially the argument of the media, supplemented by renowned filmmakers and politicians such as Susan Sontag and others, on the power of

In our society, there are many forms of mediated texts ranging from newspapers and magazines to films and television shows. Each of these media forms can be seen from different theoretical perspectives and analyzed to understand the different concepts that may influence them. Television shows are one of the most popular media texts with approximately 400 new shows airing each year (Ryan, 2016). However, it is often very unlikely for these television shows to strive as 65% are cancelled after their first season (Ocasio, 2012). This then, brings Marxist scholars into the picture as they are interested in how economic factors affect the production and distribution of media content (Mack & Ott, 2016). The Marxist theoretical perspective allows Marxist scholars to study television shows in order to understand why they were cancelled and how certain roles in the media lead to this.

Moreover, In the process of globalisation, people of different countries are becoming “world audiences”. The demands for media texts produced by these 6 media institutions are increasing. For example, In Hong Kong, most of the foreign films shown in cinema are produced from Hollywood. And the programmes of the popular paid-TV channels are bought from these 6 major media institution such as

As a form of cultural capital, film and cinema are both reflections of a society’s ideals inasmuch as they are also what the philosopher Louis Althusser might call “an apparatus for reproducing the means of production.” Beyond its importance to various theories of cinema and society, a common understanding of cinema hinges on its importance as a tool for examining society in general—much like a lens through which one might peer to understand the ecology of a newfound species. And when one considers world cinemas, few are more deeply imbued with cultural capital, both as a reflection of societal norms (descriptive cultural

Global masturbation – it’s TIME magazine giving “you [and I]” the award for person of the year. TIME’s choice to do so illustrates its motive to give everyone a sense of fulfillment and belonging. Author Andrew Keen notes that at one time, creating art was an elitist business, but now democratized culture has brought egalitarian aspects to the creation of art, allowing anyone to pursue their artistic interests. He takes a cynical view on our current culture of universal creativity shared through new internet platforms. Democratized culture makes art of all types much more widespread in our society, but with the tradeoff that the art is generally of a lower quality. While this is true for all mediums, it is particularly relevant to filmmaking and directing. The flooding of low quality films causes true talent to suffer as it is drowned out by the pervasiveness of lower quality works.

As the media world keeps evolving, new forms of content delivery systems are constantly being made and interlaced into the entire spectrum of mainstream media. and one of the biggest systems to emerge from this technological advancement and convergence is the ‘Participatory Culture’

American popular culture has never been more dominant internationally than in the middle of the 90s – nor more controversial. Serious money is involved as pop culture is America's second-biggest export after aircraft (Rockwell 1994). There is a common perception that in the process of globalization American products dominate everywhere on the world's markets. The fact that you can quench your thirst with Coca-Cola in about 185 countries is but one example of U.S. economic ambition (Stephens 1993, online). Likewise, European anti-globalization activists have long criticized Hollywood and its big-budget studios for monopolizing the world movie in-dustry and, consequently, flooding other cultures with American iconolatry. The popu-larity of a movie like Jurassic Park (1993), for instance, was identified as threatening to the national identity of other cultures. It has also been lamented that due to the widespread distribution of "industrialized" music and the loss of music that is charac-teristic of a certain culture, civilizations are increasingly losing a sense of national identity and pride (cited in Lanza 2001, online).

Almost all the countries produce movies for public entertainment and has significant contribution in the economic growth of the country. A film making includes various aspects like production companies, studios, screenwriting, film festivals, pre-production, post-production, marketing, promotion, casts and crews, all of which gives it a shape of an industry.

It is imperative for a country’s government to protect their own cultural interests. The creative and cultural economy spans many categories, but the film industry is one in which any sort of person can find enjoyment. The American film industry is transparently one of the most prevalent in the world, and so it must be a priority for countries to foster their own film industry. South Korea (hereafter Korea) is one such example of policies that have been put in place to fight the cultural war the United States leads. A cinema screen quota policy that proposes that a Korean theatre must show domestic films at least 73 days a year has been in place to different extents since 1966. While the Korean policies of screen quotas have marginally helped to establish the success of Korean cinema, it has in fact more noticeably damaged the industry and quality of films produced.