doi:10.5707/cjah.2012.4.2.18.26 WESTERN FILMS AND TEENAGERS IN NIGERIAN SOCIETY: THE QUESTION OF CULTURAL PROMOTION Semiu Musa Bello1 and Steve Adesemoye2 1Department of Mass Communication‚ Olabisi Onabanjo University‚ Ago Iwoye‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria 2Department of Mass Communication‚ Lagos State Polytechnic‚ Ikorodu‚ Lagos State‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of western films on teenagers as it affects the promotion of cultural heritage
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The Unknown Girl By Moniza Alvi The title ‘unknown girl’ may suggest that the poetess is in search of her roots‚ culture‚ traditions and heritage. She is unknown to her country‚ the place from where she belongs. She is trying to find out more about her home-country. This poem is a first-person narration from the poetess’ point of view. It us a free verse‚ autobiographical poem which is written in a single stanza containing many local dialects‚ for instance‚ ‘bazaar’‚ ‘hennaing’‚ ‘kameez’ and
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problem had occurred that Parvez couldn’t tell them about. Initially Parvez thought that drugs was the reason for the sons transformation‚ but that idea ended abruptly when he found him praying. According to Ali his father is way to implicated in Western civilization. Parvez doesn’t comment on that directly‚ but he describes however the values he find important in life. Parvez’ philosophy of life is that you should to enjoy life‚ and get the best out of it as long as you live – without hurting others
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copy the style from western country because they think that country more develop than our country. From my point of view‚ westernization in Malaysia give disadvantages rather than good thing. The westernization gives bad impact to the Malaysian people especially teenagers because we can see that teenagers today have lack of moral. They also do not respect to the elder people. This is because their mind was influent with the western culture. Even there is some of western culture give the good thing
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around the introduction of poverty following World War II. The author suggests that following World War II‚ poverty was defined almost arbitrarily‚ and as such‚ many countries were labeled as poor arbitrarily without giving any real thought to the cultures of the people and their ways of live. This is especially true as many of these countries were still undergoing colonization prior to WWII‚ and as such were brand new countries at the time they were labeled poor. Also according to the paper‚ following
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In his book The Geography of Thought‚ Richard Nisbett examines how the cognitive processes of eastern and western cultures organize knowledge to make sense of the world. By east the author usually means Far East Asian cultures such as Japan‚ China‚ and Korea. By west he means most of Europe and America. This is an important topic as cultural diversity continues to become a critical part of business and life around the world. Nisbett states that Westerners are more object-based thinkers‚ while
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don’t do things unless they thought they’d get e reward. This doesn’t explain why relationships continue even when they become satisfactory. The reward/ need satisfaction model is likewise culturally bias; the theory is relevant to Western cultures. Many Collectivist cultures‚ usually in the East‚ show little concern for the receipt of reinforcement. Maintenance of relationships can be explained through the Social Exchange Theory (Thibault and Kelley 1959). This is an economic theory which suggests
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Culture encompasses a wide range of behaviors‚ languages‚ foods‚ beliefs and traditions. It can be defined as the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns‚ arts‚ beliefs‚ institutions‚ and all other products of human work and thought. The video capturing the Toulambis tribe of New Guinea’s first encounter with Westerners clearly portrays the fear‚ confusion‚ and amazement of the Toulambis as they not only encounter new person but a small part of a new culture. One thing that the
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experience a lot a various activities. In Europe‚ going out at night is seen as a must do‚ an actual part of the whole student life and a sign of being a grown-up also. When I came to Hong Kong‚ a very dynamic‚ western-rooted city‚ I would have thought I would find the same spirit and same drinking culture. I was wrong. In the streets surrounding the “party areas” I almost only got to meet some exchange students or young expats staying here for a short period of time and basically taking the most of Hong
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It is a small world after all. Going to different states‚ cities‚ or even just around your local neighborhood‚ you can find many different people and cultures. American society is filled with culturally diverse people who open us up to a new way of thinking and help us perceive other nations with a less myopic view. As a culturally diverse person like myself‚ I have always enjoyed learning about others and their background. A plethora of information can overwhelm my mind just by chatting with someone
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