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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Whenever a conversation comes to the subject "globalization", there'll always be a discussion concerning the development of the media. "Does globalization destroy national identities? Does the globalization of media in particular suppress individual cultures?" The media have | Whenever a conversation comes to the subject "globalization", there'll always be a discussion concerning the development of the media. "Does globalization destroy national identities?" "Does the globalization of media in particular suppress individual cultures?" The media certainly have a huge influence on our thinking and acting. Often we only know about specific issues because of the media. But what exactly means the term "globalization of media"? Refering to Jeremy Tunstall, it doesn't mean that individual concerns control the world but the networking and connectivity through the media-communication. | ||
There's no exact beginning of the globalization of media but according to the american sociologist Roland Robertson saw the globalization as a five-step process which began in th 15th century (Robertson 1997). The building of global commercial relationships in the 16th century required communication networks. With the development of the printing soon circulated several types of writings between the particular nation states. Eventually, in the 19th century, "in the context of colonial powers, a medial infrastrucure was established to enable a fast communication between central point and peripheries" (Jarren, Meier 2000). Out of political and economical requirements, international news agencies arised and along with the telegraphy, this network developed into a global news agency system. It became a cartel and still controls the worldwide trade of news today. In the 1870th, Europa was connected to the USA, China, India and Australia via undersea cables. Around the turn of the century, 300000 kilometers of cables were layed in the oceans. In 1924 the british king Georg V. announced that his telegram reached its destination at the other side of the world in only 80 seconds. One of the last steps that cleared the way for the global media activies wa the slogan "Free low of Information" after the Second Worldwar. | |||
==The global village== | ==The global village== | ||