The article “Zidane, World Cup Soccer, Globalization, and the Media” had some great points but the three main points that really stood out to me was the marginalization of developing countries, National Identity and Global Sports Events, and the image of Zidane and Algeria.
Marginalization of developing countries
The first point that was made in this article was the impact of marginalization on developing countries. Marginalization is limiting a certain country or group of people to a certain level of power. The authors states that marginalization of developing countries is not understood, because little work is done to try and understand what is going on. The author gives an example of how the 21st century sports play a major role in society …show more content…
The author states that events such as the world cup and Olympic Games are used by nations to maintain or help them build up their country. When there is ever a major sports event such as the world cup, x games, and Olympics the coverage of wherever the event is going on makes the country perception looks extremely well. Having a positive perception goes a long way it helps the national identity and attract tourist to come checkout there country. According to the article Anderson (1983) says that print media are important because they encode the nation in the daily life. With the existent of sports and media coverage also comes tourism. Sports are a big deal in society, which causes people from different backgrounds to travel to watch sporting events and pay attention to the media coverage of different countries. Basically sports are a big deal and fans will continue to travel to watch and support their favorite or national country …show more content…
It was written out very well and constructed to flow. I did think that some of the points that were covered were sort of similar or could have been tied together with some of the key factors. The author did a really good job of explaining and having sources that fit perfectly in his paper. The first point that really stood out to me was about how the media has such a strong impact on the viewers and listeners who pay attention to these stories. In this article it talked about the way how the media plays a part in the uplifting or destroying these developing countries. I strongly believe that this is true because being a consumer of the media whenever I see countries that are up and coming they look bad and are asking for help. You can see this when they show countries like in Africa, but when they show countries in Europe they are shown in a positive light. Developing countries in the media are much marginalized, most of the time you won’t even see a story about a developing country unless it is something major. Countries that are marginalized find a hard time to get out of the margin because they are not given the same chances and oppurtunities. In the media factors like how wealthy the country is plays a major role. The more money a country has the better off they are and will have a greater impact in the