What are the political implications of the globalisation of culture? (Essay Plan)

by dingting (student)

International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge

Essay Plan

Thesis Statement

Topic: What are the political implications of the globalisation of culture? For this topic, the main argument in this essay is about the effects of cultural globalisation leading by powerful countries (especially developed capitalism countries and America), upon the developing countries. I will discuss the both side of cultural globalisation affects. For different places, government should protect glocalisation being affected by globalisation.

Primary Texts & Secondary Sources

Main secondary sources:

Book: Frank Schirrmacher, 2011. Payback. Edition. Pantheon.
Film: Forrest Gump, 1994. [DVD] Robert Zemeckis, United States: paramount communications company.

The book talks about negative effects of cultural globalisation, especially in this technology world, people could hardly get rid of the virtual society: everything that was built by the internet; people could not image their life without computers and internet. Human beings felt lacking of information, so we refresh websites again and again, even a short offline time could make us feel sick…people choose the useful information from the flow of information.

The film tells an opposite theory compared with that book. It has been noted that Gump follows a very conservative lifestyle. I think the way that he insists his lifestyle leads his success of the whole life.

Main Methodological

Globalisation involves the period of modernism & post-modernism. Modernity had been a European invention. Post-modernity had mainly been about the rise of American society in world politics. Following the Second World War, America experienced the temporary success of a cultural and political consensus- Supposedly based on liberalism, pluralism and classlessness. When the Berlin wall collapsed Americans believed that every country in ...

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Main Methodological

Cultural globalisation brings modern society both positive and negative political implications.

Globalisation links local events to global processes. George Ritzer calls this inter-penetration of the local and the global glocalisation. Some developed countries take the advantage of the occasion to monopolize culture of countries which are not as powerful as them. In recent years, America always plays a role of leading in mass culture of culture study. A radical or socialist position which views mass culture as a form of, or means to, social control.

For some oriental countries, capitalism and Americanism brings them strong culture shock, which leads social instability. Here I will provide some historical evidence.

Meanwhile, culture globalisation changes the lifestyle of most people, makes them easily accepted orders, they become distraction.

Structure Of Essay

Introduction of the essay: talk about the topic and the issue’s background.
Main body:

Explanation of culture globalisation
Relationship between culture globalisation and capitalism
Relationship between culture globalisation and Americanism
The effects that culture globalisation has bring to political after the second world war
How do oriental countries face to culture globalisation and culture shock? What are the effects for them?

Evaluation: to sum up the view that the positive and negative of culture globalisation to political and give describe the importance of protecting the countries’ own culture.
References

John Storey, 2006. Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction. 4th Revised edition Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall.