REG NO MC/10/221 –MC/10/230 ABSTRACT This research analyses the content of programmes of the Nigerian broadcast media and how the National broadcast media has shifted the paradigm of broadcast progammes from the hands or control of the western world to indigenous and home made programme contensts, thereby promoting cultural and traditional values by creating local contents on programming for broadcast thus eliminating media imperialism the man focus was television. The research method is
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Kevin Penn American Intercontinental University Unit 2 Individual Project 2 HUMA215-1302B-18 Topics in Cultural Studies Kelly Dormady June 29, 2013 Abstract This paper will explore the decentering of non-western culture by the Europeans as well as within the African nations. It well look at the conditions in the African nation were in before the decentering of these nations i.e. religion, traditions, and overall culture. Also, this paper will give examples of what the impact
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of this evidence of a mixing of cultures, Reed asserts that the “cultural Elect” of our country still holds on to the idea that America is a civilization created only by the European, or “western” culture. This stance taken by the cultural Elect can be seen as monoculture. Reed states that even this view is skewed because what we view as “western civilization” (Beethoven, nineteenth- and twentieth- century French artists, etc.) was already being influenced by other cultures. One of Beethoven’s most
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Japanese Response to Western Imperialism During the Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries Chayse Hew-Len Beginning in the nineteenth century, European imperialism affected Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East. The Industrial Revolution that had gone underway beginning during the 1830s facilitated European hegemony on a global scale. Fukuzawa Yukichi’s “Goodbye Asia” and Jun’Ichiro Tanizaki’s “In Praise of Shadows” represent poignant yet contrasting responses to western imperialism.
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Amerindians settled throughout North America and were the ancestors of the many Red Indian tribes we know today, as well as the Eskimos in the far north. In general, they were nomadic but some followed settled agricultural pursuits and developed civilizations of their own like the Mayas in South America (check internet reference for profile on this group, focus on level of development, structure of society, religion). The migration continued south through Central America into South America from where
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Superior” The Western part of the world has for centuries been the dominant force on the globe. Both economically, culturally and politically. The worlds richest and most influential people have for a long period of time been Western, all the way from the ancient Greek philosophers to Julius Cesar, Alexander the Great, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Christopher Columbus and the modern greats such as Barack Obama, Bill Gates and the recently departed Steve Jobs. Because of this western dominance,
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Europe or European civilization unique in the perspective of some authors? It went from ‘marginal’ status to powerful region in a few hundred years. What did this process look like? Be sure to address this at the various levels (ideological, behavioral, institutional, material etc.). Are there reasons for this dominance that are more important than others? Looking back at the world in the past few hundred years, it would have been difficult to imagine that one day, majority of Western Europe would come
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NOTES -explain: how author justifies his claims -evaluate: our view on the author’s claims Central theme: Is modernity a western concept/idea/thing? 2nd argument -democracy (linked to modernity) has western origins, but it doesn’t mean it belongs to the west -because it is NATURAL (emphasis) to accept these cultural values as long as its beneficial As the world modernizes and technology come into play, people now have the access of internet to interconnect. Free flow of information, rapid
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| |Vs | |Western Philosophy | |Compare eastern and western philosophy | |
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Western Roman Empire encompassed the western regions of the Roman Empire while the Eastern part was later renamed as the Byzantine Empire. It is noteworthy that the two were not separate as such, but rather had independent Imperial courts. Despite enjoying a period of growth, independence, and prosperity, the collective empire collapsed due to some reasons that include: military failures, natural disasters, and civil wars, among others. There are ranging debates that exist and un-conclusive arguments
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