ARTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Documenta, Print Culture, Cayman Islands
Document Summary
The internet has evolved from the new medium to a mass medium. There are greater opportunities for collaboration and contribution (as well as complex involvement) Since then, we have been immersed in a global form of mass media that has no longer restricts the boundaries of regions. An example of a globalized video is gangnam style > it brings in western influences. Global village (mcluhan): where mcluhan described that the world has been reformed into a "village" through the usage of electric technology. Globalization has complex economic and geographic political issues embedded in it. Diaspora: a dispersion of a people from their original homeland. The fusion of hollywood and indian cinema (aka bollywood) is a perfect example of successful globalization. A number of these theories are also related to diaspora (movement of people across the globe) and post colonialism. Some have criticized globalization as the downfall of ethnicity and culture (it homogenies/makes everything the same), example would be there are.
