The theme park: global industry and cultural form
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Theme parks have developed from American family recreation spots to international marketing mediums integrating entertainment, advertising, and product launches. The theme park industry is a carefully structured and lucrative center for mass consumption as it merges marketing campaigns for popular films, park rides, and food or toy products. Originally an American icon, theme parks are rapidly gaining popularity in Asia and Europe.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 1996
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The new global order and cultural ecology
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Islam has come into conflict with western media in the arena of cultural ecology. Two paradigms are clashing: the Islamic Community and the Information Society. The Islamic Community Paradigm is a complete society, whereas the Information Society Paradigm offers no world view other than fragmentation and alienation. The west is at risk of facing a viable way of living which is contradictory to its media.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 1993
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South Africa in the global neighborhood: toward a method of cultural analysis
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A comparative method is necessary to modify the modes of analysis in the South African global neighborhood. Africa and the West were regarded as self-contained entities in the 1970s and 1980s. Critics argue about South Africa's place within this discussion. The concept of 'the West' involves the technological advances experienced as a means of solving practical problems.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 1998
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