GLOBALZN 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Control Tv, Shared Experience, Cronyism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Globalization
• Course: GLOBALZN 1A03
• Professor: Liam Stockdale

Document Summary

Same pop culture is consumed across much of the globe: creates shared experience they create global identity. Sporting events; award shows; popular films and tv: facilitated by powerful global media empire. Based in us/north; control tv, film, music. But (cid:858)(cid:272)ele(cid:271)rified(cid:859) glo(cid:271)al (cid:272)itize(cid:374)ship is widely criticized: good at rising awareness and 28030 but not enough. Or just back to business as usual after the events (cid:858)(cid:374)ar(cid:272)issisti(cid:272) se(cid:374)ti(cid:373)e(cid:374)talis(cid:373)(cid:859) Or just a way for us to feel good while going to a concert: eprodu(cid:272)es (cid:858)us(cid:859) & (cid:858)the(cid:373)(cid:859) dualis(cid:373) tropes. Only the wealthy cam really be global citizens. Is the message hypocritical coming from super-elite celebrities. Since 1896, rhetoric espouses cosmopolitan values: sport as unifying force; promoting human rights. Etc: olympian e(cid:373)(cid:271)ody ideals of (cid:858)glo(cid:271)al (cid:272)itize(cid:374)ship(cid:859, has been vehicle for social change. But in practice often contradicts these principles: historically very elitist participation and governance. Li(cid:373)ited to (cid:858)a(cid:373)ateurs(cid:859)(cid:859) ioc a (cid:272)a(cid:271)le o (cid:449)ealthy & pri(cid:448)ileged: rarely puts human rights above spectacle & profits.