Wednesday 12 February 2014

Summary



In the article 'Globalization of Culture through the Media', Kriady (2002) presents the common ideas of the belief that culture is globalized through the media, an issue that remains highly contested. He focuses on the phenomenon of media globalization in relation to cultural imperialism and examines a variety of theories by researchers that address its influence on nation states. This paper examines the proposition that the globalization of culture was the result of the influence of mass media. Alternatively, it also proposits the idea that it was only due to the result of the advancement of media technologies that places an increased emphasis on the phenomenon, or possibly, even a hybrid of both.

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Wednesday 5 February 2014

My Defining Moment(s)?

I have thought long and hard, scouring through past memories for a defining moment in my life thus far that has shaped me, and to be truthfully honest - this task seems almost ardous. Life has certainly granted me with many ups and downs in my life, of which I am sure have had an effect on and helped mould me to be the person I am today. However, I feel uncomfortable laying claim to say that any particular experience has had that much of a profound experience in my life, especially since I am uncertain of what is meant by ‘defining moment’. What does it mean or entail? Is it the magnitude of the event? Or could it be the attitude and thought processes behind the reflection of these moments? I wish to see it as the latter.

I think of all my experiences as life changing because I reflect constantly on my life and the events that happen, no matter good or bad. While I wish not to gloat over personal achievements in life, I fear also of being trapped in the failures and losses I have experienced. I personally believe that the experiences that I have had thus far in life have contributed in their own ways to develop me as the person I am today, however simple they may have been.  Hence to describe of a particular moment in my life as having defined who and what I am today, it is an area that I feel I cannot relate to at the moment.

 What I can relate to on the other hand is this: I am not one made and shaped by the larger experiences, but also from the littlest of moments.


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