COMN 1000 Study Guide - Google China, World Trade Organization, Cultural Imperialism

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Cultural industry= vehicles through which culture (way of life, knowledge, beliefs, organizations, institutions, morals, customs) are produced, circulated and lived . They are part of work (those working in the industry), leisure (watch movies ), social and political knowledge (how vote/structure society) and social interaction (how act, know society, and develop society). Cultural industries- magazine, newspaper, film, music/sound recording, new media, tv. Problem: economy of scale- easier to import and then produce. Canadian cultural policy- federal government supports the industries through agencies, regulations and policies. Price on art difficult- not economic focus on art but rather good values. Shade: 1) geographic- overcome distance and make sure can access canadian products- net neutrality- your right to fair use of internet content and connection (speed to access certain sites= throttling: distribution not dictated by market, social, nationalistic. Life is unconsciously and consciously shaped by the media- also by developing taste and identity. Industry- media privately owned, driven by profit, foreign owned [products]