Chapter 3 Questions

• What are some opportunities presented by globalization to identities and cultures?


  It can help people affirm their identity by creating a place where their language and culture is protected, as well as helped create new groups of people/languages/cultures (Metis people).
• What does techno isolation cause in society?


  It causes social isolation, as well as less common ground with others around them due to the more choices being presented.
• What is the main cause of marginalization?


  Media and the universalization of pop culture.
• What is the CRTC?


  It regulates the media being presented in Canada
• What does the MAPL system stand for?


  M: Music-the music being presented is composed entirely by a Canadian

  A: Artist-the music, or the lyrics, are performed by a Canadian

  P: Performance-a live performance that is recorded in Canada, and broadcasted in Canada

  L: Lyrics-lyrics are entirely written by a Canadian
• What is Canada's Cultural Identity?

  Multiculturalism
• What is Disney-ification?

  The internationalization of the entertainment values of US mass culture.
• What happens if only a few companies own all of our news sources?


  The diversity of countries would be lost as people began to adopt these opinions on the world.
• How would the universalization of culture benefit these companies?


  Profits would increase as people begin to take on the "trends" these large companies are encouraging.