accompanied by intense debate. According to a survey by the Ministry of Culture‚ Sports and Tourism and the Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange (KOFICE) done in 2012‚ sixty percent of 3‚600 people in nine countries‚ including China‚ Japan‚ Thailand‚ the United States and France‚ are doubtful that Hallyu will see lasting international success. Some even predict that the Hallyu is just a passing fad like the Japanese pop culture which boom of the 1990s. On the other hand‚ German scholar Ute
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Intercultural Communication Studies XVII: 2 2008 Babran Media‚ Globalization of Culture‚ and Identity Crisis in Developing Countries Sedigheh Babran‚ Iran Islamic Azad University This article focuses on the globalization of culture and the role of media in the ensuing identity crisis (both individual and social) resulting from this process. The article tries to display the basic concept of the process of globalization with all of its effects‚ threats‚ challenges，and opportunities and will
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theorizing the Caribbean? How has Douglarisation contributed to the identity debate? Even though there is a separation created by geographic distances and different independent states‚ it is still possible to talk in general terms of the Caribbean‚ and of Caribbean literature. The common experience of colonialism‚ displacement‚ slavery‚ indenture‚ emancipation and nationalism has shaped most West Indian environments‚ creating a unity of experience that can be identified as particularly Caribbean. These
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CARIBBEAN STUDIES QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS: CAPE 2005 MODULE ONE: CARIBBEAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE 1. Identify the geographical sub-region to which St Lucia‚ Grenada and Antigua belong. (1 mark) - The Lesser Antilles 2. Name the chain of islands in the Caribbean which is located entirely in the Atlantic Ocean. (1 mark) * The Bahamas * 3. Explain what is meant by a ‘historical’ definition of the Caribbean region. (2 marks) * This describes those islands that saw the
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History Paper on Caribbean Diaspora Decendents of the Caribbean Diaspora are located in the United States‚ Canada‚ United Kingdom and countries that were previously colonial empires. The inhabited islands that are in the Caribbean are not only geographical regions‚ but also regions of the imagination‚ lived cultural experiences and are an interesting study in religious identity as well (Harry:2).” Colonized by European powers from the sixteenth century‚ the Caribbean islands have become a mixture
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Globalization of Korean Popular Culture in Asia 1. Introduction Since 1990s‚ Korean Popular Culture has had a strong influence in Asian countries‚ including China‚ Hong Kong‚ Taiwan‚ Japan and Singapore. This new popular cultural phenomenon in Asia is called the “Korean Wave”‚ also known as hallyu in Korean pronunciation‚ which refers to the surge of popularity of Korean popular culture abroad‚ particularly in Asia(Kin 284). The “Korean Wave” is first coined in mid-1999 by journalists in Beijing
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Caribbean Voices : Living a Double life / Dual Identities. Caribbean Poetry is the expression of the constant dualistic nature of the Caribbean identity. Caribbean Poetry exemplifies a unique hybrid made from the voice of the Caribbean experience and its postcolonial English heritage but this creates an inner crisis. The inner crisis of two conflicting cultures that create further conflicting ideas of home and belonging on one hand and growth and fulfilment on the other. But it is also about the
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Topic: Defining the Caribbean Thesis: The Caribbean‚ also known as the West Indies is defined as a broad crescent of tropical islands extending from the Bahamas and Cuba southwards to Trinidad with varied history resulting from the various races of people and various cultures characterized by different languages‚ music and dance. Topic | Sentence | The physical landscape | The crescent shaped physical landscape of the Caribbean is located between ten and twenty degrees north and eighty
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the positive and negative aspects of globalization? Source Information: Title of article‚ author‚ name of publication‚ date‚ page numbers | Sentence(s) that help answer your research question | How will you use this information in your paper? | Spiritual Perspectives on Globalization | On a cultural level‚ globalization refers to the spread of what has been pejoratively termed “McWorld”-shortand for the Western-oriented (many say American) global mono-culture that is burying countless regional
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Impact of Globalization on Non Western Cultures Examples of Globalization’s Impact Globalization is far reaching in this day and age. Globalization is the worldwide flow of goods‚ services‚ money‚ people‚ information‚ and culture. It leads to a greater interdependence and mutual awareness among the people of the world (Tischler‚ 2011‚ 2007‚ p. 430). One non-Western culture that has been impacted by globalization is China. An example of the impact of globalization on China is their economy.
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