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| Internet Exercise #1 Click on the links below to learn more about media imperialism. Do you see the need for worry? What are the implications to intercultural communications if worldwide media are managed by only a few of the world's elite? http://www.utexas.edu/depts/eems/cultimp.387._.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1298864.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2593645.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2709453.stm Internet Exercise #2 McDonald's has been charged by the French as being a typical example of cultural imperialism by the U.S. Click on the link below and read the article discussing this very famous food chain. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/102500-01.htm Internet Exercise #3 Click on the link below to see examples of folk customs around the world. http://www.geog.okstate.edu/users/lightfoot/folk/rolstart/main1.htm Internet Exercise #4 Click on the link below to see a good example of pop culture's pervasiveness. This site features the famous "Tony the Tiger." http://www.geog.okstate.edu/users/lightfoot/kellogs/page/main.htm |