Statistics for Sociology: Globalisation, Media and Popular Culture 3

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Benjamin Barber (2003)	This sociologist argues that one extreme response to American cultural imperialism has been the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and the provoking of what he calls 'jihad', which he defines as "bloody holy war on behalf of partisan identity that is metaphysically defined and fanatically defended": -In other words, fundamentalists see American popular culture as a threat that undermines their people's commitment to God. -This may therefore be a rationale for terrorist attacks on US targets. -To put it another way, the ubiquity of American popular culture may be bringing about a world characterised by more risk.	100%
Clay Shirky (2011)	This postmodernist sociologist argues that global social media such as Facebook have resulted in the 'wiring of humanity' and free time - which is used to interact with social media through the uploading of texts and images - has become a shared global resource.	100%
Robert McChesney (2001)	This sociologist argues that the domination of American cultural imperialism is a direct result of the increasing concentration of the world's media companies in the hands of a few powerful American transnational media corporations: -Companies such as Disney, Microsoft, Time Warner, Apple, News Corp, Google, Facebook and Comcast have achieved near monopolistic control of newspapers, film archives, news programmes, television and radio, advertising, satellites, streaming and digital services as well as ownership of huge chunks of the internet.	100%
Seth Giddings (2010)	This postmodernist sociologist points out that forms of high culture are now often used to produce products for the mass popular culture market: -Video games, for example, which are considered to be part of popular culture, often bring together art, architecture, classical music, actors and writers which separately might be classified as 'high culture'.	100%
Simon Garrod (2004)	This postmodernist sociologist suggests that reality TV shows like 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here', 'Wifeswap', 'Fear Factor' and 'Big Brother', and social networking and video-sharing sites like Facebook and Youtube, are blurring the distinction between 'reality' and 'hyperreality', leaving audiences confused about what is real and what is media-created.	100%

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