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Media Flows
Print formalizes languageForeign news ‘viewpoint’ penetratesMass media represents cultureThese flows are old
Media Imperialism
North to South -- West to EastDominate economically
business revenues economic model
Dominant representations disaster and upheaval -- East/South high standard of living -- West/North
Cultural Imperialism
Dominant flow of content, images, “way of life”
Coca-ColonizationConflict with local, national cultures“Jihad vs. McWorld”
Resistance to global culture leads to increased conflict
Media Flows
Increased national productionCultural proximity Regional marketsIncreased exportsInternational form
3rd cultures ‘glocalism’
Media Ownership
PTT modelLiberalization
TV, movies, content telecommunications, ownership satellites
Support for indigenous media continues
Media Ownership
Oligopoly small group of owners dominate industry collusion in setting prices “invisible” barriers to entry
Media Ownership
Difficulties in regulating business in global context
Cooperation in one realm may lead to conflict of interest in another
Is there room for outsiders?Can you leave the ‘family?’
Demographics
Which era saw the greatest movement of peoples from one country to another? Biblical era Medieval era WWII era current era
Demographics
What percentage of all Web pages are in English? 50% 80% 95%
What percentage of people worldwide speak at least some English?
Media Content
What is the most popular TV show in Vietnam? Barney Miller Ren & Stimpy Baywatch Karadesh (Indian soap opera)
Content
What are the most popular imported TV shows in Russia? European soccer matches Mexican soap operas American sitcoms Indian variety shows
Content
Which country (probably) has the largest TV audience? US China India Indonesia
Which region of the world will be the last to receive “culturally customized” MTV?
Finance
How long would it take for a person with an average income to earn enough to buy an computer? in the US in Bangladesh
Finance
What percentage of computer users come from upper income groups in the US?10%
30%
70%
90% in Latin America
Finance
The UN estimates a small “bit tax” on emails would cost someone sending 100 very long emails about 1 cent. How much money worldwide could have been raised last year with such a tax?
$500 million $50 billion $200 billion $1 trillion
What percentage of all development funds would that be?
TechnologyWhich country is generally considered to have the
most complete, extensive telecommunications infrastructure?
Russia United States Japan Sweden
Which country has the least capable system?
Technology
Which country has the highest per capita Internet use? United States Singapore Iceland New Zealand
Technology
Internet Use Iceland = 38% Sweden = 30% Finland = 27% United States = 26% Singapore = 20% South Asia Region = 0.04% World = 2.4%
Technology
Which has the most computers? the United States Japan The European Union all of the world except the United States
Technology
True or False?
There are more people with access to the Internet in Canada than there are people with access to radio in Azerbaijan?
Media Ownership
Which is the largest media company in the world? ATT/TCI Time Warner Disney Bertlesmann
Global Music
Sony Japan $3.5 billionPhillips/Polygram Netherlands $3.3 billionTime Warner US $3.2 billionBertelsmann/RCA Germany $2.5 billionThorn EMI UK $2.2 billionSeagram/MCA Canada $~1 billion
(purchased from Matshusita)
New Trends in Information Flow
What region owes its resurgent economy to data processing?
What country is asserting dominance in software exports?