Hafez notes that even though technology would allow media to flow across national borders, it still tends to flow within cultural groups. Since music is statistically the thing that crosses cultural borders most frequently, I am going to write about…
Mistaking Appropriation for Appreciation
Cultural appropriation is a term that refers to the adoption of some specific elements of one culture by a different cultural group. It differs from acculturation or assimilation in that ‘appropriation’ or ‘misappropriation’ refers to the inclusion and absorption…
One story, many Views: What are ‘Radicals’ thinking? Symbols of Islam in Various News Sources.
Lots of discussion about militant groups in the Middle East is floating around. The United States has its own history with these conflicts but it is not alone; China has an ongoing conflict with the Muslim Uighur minority, a historical…
Televisual Media as Vehicles of Cultural Expression in Korea
The image above is a poster of a Korean drama “Life is beautiful.” This drama was broadcasted in 2010. I remembered that I was surprised about one of the topics of the drama. It dealt with a topic of…
End of Week 2
We are at the end of the second week (which in the normal quarter would be the end of the fourth week) and we have covered a good deal. Next week we will take a step outside of US media…