Friday, 21 February 2014

Reader Response Draft 2

In the article "Globalization of Culture Through the Media", Kraidy (2002) discusses that cultural globalization is a result of cultural and media imperialism.  As Kraidy mentions, western countries have manipulated mass media to exert their cultural influences across the world, especially the developing states. As interaction between countries increases, there is a shift from a parasitic relationship to a mutualistic one – Globalization. Mass media’s great contribution towards the homogenization of cultural difference proves that it is one of the main driving forces of cultural globalization. However, it still remains debatable whether media acts as the trigger of such revolution, or simply accelerates the process.

In modern society, just by a click will render countless information at our disposal. As a result of globalization, we are becoming increasingly interconnected within the globe. With increasing number of social media networks, it is difficult not to be connected with the rest of the world. By using Facebook, we are able to network with people in different countries. Since the revolution of Internet, a country’s domestic news becomes more easily available and accessible. For instance, stories about the wreck left behind after the most recent Thailand political elections is circulated everywhere almost everywhere on the Internet. The “World Wide Web” phenomenon has resulted in a ‘symbiotic association’ that no one has ever predicted.

Globalization is driven not solely by mass media. There are several other factors that proliferated globalization.
Resources needed for a country’s individual growth are dispersed and we have to depend on one another for trade.  It is essential to have vital connections amongst country for economic purposes, especially for countries such as Singapore. With no natural resources and land scarcity, she heavily depends on the trading industry.

Building a good military relationship is another factor that promotes globalization. Since the Second World War, countries began multinational military trainings and even joint military exercises. In 2012, Singapore held a bilateral Navy training with Australia. The training was titled Singapore. As a result of military exchanges at a multinational level, it is inevitable that countries are becoming interconnected as one, fuelling globalization.


It is hard to refute that there is a transition from media imperialism over the developing states to a tightly weaved international relationship. Globalization of culture has become a conceptual magnet (Kraidy, 2004), resulting in the proliferation of knowledge, culture and society. However, there are other underlying reasons for the rapid globalization experienced by everyone. Globalization is like a burning torch, which will evolve into a burning flame when fuelled by external factors.

1 comment:

  1. 1. Relatively clear and accurate summary

    2. Need to indicate the perspective shift. i.e the last 2 sentences are like not from the original passage but your opinion

    3. Article date, title and author’s name is clearly stated

    4. Adequate paraphrasing.

    5. Sorry, is the last sentence in the1st paragraph is your stand?

    6. Strongly agree. Stand is constantly connected back to the original article. One area of improvement would be that you can refer back to the article more frequently or to include citations.

    7. Fair about of support given. One suggestion will be that you might want to refer to some credential reference to support.

    8. You might want to include citations or quotes from other author. One thing is that is the 'conceptual magnet' referred from another passage of Kraidy? You might need a more proper citation here.

    9. Idea is tied well to the ideas in the main article. It is very coherent.

    10. Agree that it is a thought-provoking reader response

    Hope you find it is useful and please forgive my mistakes. I do not even have a natural feeling in English.

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