Using material from the Item and elsewhere, assess the view that media imperialism threatens ‘the cultural identities of many countries’. Media imperialism is the view that news is dominated by the West; as the media is linked to politics because of the benefits of capitalism, the effects of the media is threatening cultural identities with this same lifestyle which theorists such as Marxists disagree with. How media imperialism is threatening, what it is doing to threaten cultural identities and the effects of it need to be looked at to assess this matter properly. First of all it is how the Media imperialism is threatening cultural identities in other countries that is important to assess. The dominance and power of the west is affecting cultures.
American Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century Imperialism was a highly controversial subject in the Nineteenth century. Many people opposed the fact while others wanted to hit it full force. Imperialism is the acquisition of control over the government and the economy of another nation, usually by conquest [ (Davidson, 2008) ]. The United State became an imperialistic world power in the late nineteenth century by gaining control over the Hawaiian Islands and, after the Spanish American War, Guam, the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico [ (Davidson, 2008) ]. With America wanting to be a power house country, they became just that when they gained control over these countries.
He analyzes every film to illustrate his larger point about how Hollywood has struggled with its desires to tell marketable stories and in the process represent history accurately. Toplin is more than aware of the complications that Hollywood brings forth along with the release of films portraying history.
America was just starting out as a new country, and their foreign policy was not yet strong enough to protect itself. The Alien and Sedition Acts helped to limit foreign influence by encouraging deportation of foreigners from America. Some worried America faced not only a powerful enemy abroad, but also a threatening undercurrent of opposition at home. Hoping to strengthen the nation during war, and at the same time crush their political rivals, the Federalist Party in power passed these four acts. Deep divisions in politics combined with distrust in foreign nations and growing domestic turmoil paved the way for the passing of the Alien and Sedition Acts by the Federalists.
Many factors influences the American rebellion known as the American Revolution. Though political influences existed, the American Revolution was primarily an economic rebellion, because of conflict over taxation and representation in Parliament. The colonists had strong beliefs that the English government was unfair and often tyrannical. The conflicts over trade, taxes, and government representation brought about the revolution that began shaping the United States as it is
What had been unleashed in 1917 was a revolutionary wave corresponding with the rise of socialism, trade unionism and Marxism in otherwise “successful” capitalist societies. The ensuing chaos in many of these countries during their attempt to establish a new form of government appeared to be enough to convince many Americans that alien radicals (particularly Communists and Fascists) should be identified, arrested and deported. They feared they could potentially pose a threat to the “American” way of life and freedom. During this period in California, many of the larger studios were being built up by former refugees from Fascism (Paramount, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Warner Bros). They tended to steer clear of politics and concentrate on entertainment.
ORAL: News as a source of ‘misdirection’ (News as a form of propaganda – with a focus on the US) Introduction: * Introduction to news and the role its purpose in society (communicating messages of world events – entertainment, source of shock and information – reflect beliefs) * Introduce sensationalism in the news: what it is, why the news is sensationalized (focusing on the profit incentive and ‘misdirection’ in the media (propaganda – referring to Chomsky’s idea of over emphasis on a particular story and the media’s way of completely ignoring stories that put domestic power interests in a negative light) * Introduce pairs of events that were objectively similar except for the alignment of domestic elite interests. Examples to attempt to show that in cases where an "official enemy" does something (like murder of a religious official), the press investigates thoroughly and devotes a great amount of coverage to the matter, thus victims of "enemy" states are considered "worthy". But when the domestic government or an ally does the same thing (or worse), the press downplays the story, thus victims of US or US client states are considered "unworthy." Lead to the focus on the US invasion of Iraq and The Gulf war) Body: * Give a framework on first example (US invasion of Iraq), describing the situation from all perspectives (against and pro US) show how the media voiced messages, molding public opinion to support the war. Show change in tone of US and non-US coverage.
The True Pearl Harbor: Infamy or Deceit During the time that World War II was going on the debate around the United States in the streets and in politics was should we get into it or not? Now some say that Pearl Harbor was actually let to happen in order to get the backing of the American public so we could take our mighty Armed Forces into battle. That we knew more information and just ignored it in order to have our way into the biggest tussle of the modern era. Why would our government sacrifice those lives of those men and women like that if they knew this information? Could they actually do something like this?
It is very easy to dismiss Titanic as being a ‘formulaic’ Hollywood blockbuster made with the sole intent of making capital, a special effects laden epic combined with a love story. Hortense Powdermaker stated ‘Making movies must be either business or art…’[iii]. Such simplistic argument would preclude Titanic from consideration as a work of aesthetic relevance. Maltby takes a view that Hollywood combines aesthetics with business aims, in what he describes as a ‘commercial aesthetic’. As opposed to the rather straight forward view of art and business being mutually exclusive, he argues that the two are closely entangled, and movie such as Titanic are made by deliberately employing aesthetics to make money.
The portrayal of how citizens should triumph over an oppressive government and free the state from authoritarian shackles is a harshly debated topic both within academics and media. Hollywood, and other movie industries, generally adapts a more violent form of social movements and revolutions due to the fact that, generally, explosions & action scenes sell more than Indian workers on hunger strike. One of the newer blockbusters “V for Vendetta” had been fairly important icon many recent riots and social movements such as Arab Spring, Gezi Protests & Occupy Wall Street... Etc. In the movie, the main character,V, opposes the oppressive and authoritarian British government of 2020 (Smith 2006).