Contemporary

• REGIONALISM – is a political ideology that favors a specific region over a greater area.
• Regionalization – Process of dividing an area into smaller segments called regions
• Regions – are groups of countries located in the same geographical area.
• ASIA- a region, and the largest and most diverse continent in the world.
• THE 8 WORLD REGIONS

  ASIA, AFRICA, CARRIBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EUROPE NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA
• Global communication( Internet ) religious website- allowing religious programs and debates worldwide, thus, became like the next-door interaction
• Global organization- organizations merging together like religious organizations
• Global finance – financing programs even to the far-flung areas like the building of churches, establishments
• Global media- TV programs, etc., radio stations, and print media
• Modern technologies – making modern transportation possible to reach places in no time spreading religious lectures/inspiration talks easily without difficulty
• ISSUES:

  Assertion of religious identity- Christianity cannot be merged to Islam
• RELIGION- according to British broadcasting corporation- is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observance, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
• History of Religion

  1. the word religion came from the Latin word” Religare” which means to tie, to bind

  2. religion evolved out of man’s desire to cope with the demands of physical survival
• HOW DOES RELIGION CONNECT PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE

  1. religion has permeated boundaries, especially thru media

  2. same religion congregate as one regardless of nationalities and which part of the world they are in

  3. thru interactions on issues relevant to their beliefs (ex; bible studies online, bible sharing, online, Facebook, etc)
• CASES;

  1. THE 911 attack is an art of jihad act of terrorism,  sept 11 during George W. Bush presidency, attacked by 18 militants from the Islamic extremist group AL-QAIDA where almost 3,000 people got killed, 4 airplanes were hijacked and used for suicide attacks to the twin tower of the world trade center, the pentagon and the field of Shanksville, Pennsylvania

  2. Russia vs Ukraine war

  3. Israel vs Hamas
• EFFECT OF GLOBALIZATION ON RELIGION

  1. rise to religious nationalism

  2. turn of religion into the public life

  3. proliferation of international terrorism

  4. increase of individual religiosity

  5. deterritorializations of religion
• Definition of culture(Webster dictionary)- the customary beliefs, social forms and material traits of a racial, religious or social groups.
• Culture- is also  defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation.( spread of various/different cultural practices, spread of ideas)
• 1.         Cultural differentialism- cultures are essentially different and are only superficially affected by global flows. The interaction of cultures sometimes has an effect for ‘’catastrophic collision.’’ According to Samuel Huntington’s theory on the clash of the civilizations proposed in 1996, he said that after the cold world war, political-Economic differences were overshadowed by what he call ‘new fault line’ which is basically cultural in nature, it is the ‘’interaction among different ‘civilization’ such as the Sinic, Islamic, Orthodox, and western.
• 2.         Cultural Hybridization Approach- This is the integration of local and global culture because of the global flows involving people, technology political image, and media)
• 3.         Cultural Convergence Approach – culture are altered by strong flow, meaning there is convergence of culture into homogeneity
• Cultural Imperialism – happen when one culture imposes itself on and tend to destroy at least parts of another culture. (John Tomlinson’s idea of cultural imperialism is what he call it as ‘ deterritorialization’ of culture. Deterritorialization means that it is much more difficult to tie culture to a specific geographic point of origin)
• Media(plural-medium)- refers to the communication channels through which we disseminate news, music, movies, education, promotional messages, and other data.
• LUKE- describe media as a ‘means of conveying something, such as channel of communication”
• 1.Print media -newspapers, books
• 2.Broadcast media-radio, film , movie, television
• 3.Digital media-mobile, internet, audio,email,social
• MARSHALL MCLUHAN- once said that ‘the medium is the message’
• Global flow of Media – is often characterized as media imperialism ( TV , music , books, movies imposed on developing countries by Western powers. Global Media are Dominated by a small number by large Corporation.( such as Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Apple’s iTunes)
• Global Media Cultures - explores the relationship between the media, culture and globalization. The course approaches past and current challenges concerning international communication and explores and problematizes the power of media representation.
• Media globalization – is about how most national media becomes more internationalized, becoming more open to outside influences, both in their ownership, content and control.(Sinclair, 2015)
• 1.Oral communication(oldest)-human speech, enduring(long-lasting)communication.substance of culture is-LANGUAGE.
• 5 time(era) in the study of globalization and Media:

  • oral communication,
  • script, printing press,
  • electronic media,
  • digital media
• 5.Digital media- youtube, spotify,facebook,twitter,google,zoom. The important tool is-COMPUTER
• MEDIA CULTURE- refers to the culture under the current Western capitalist society that emerged and developed from the 20th century, under the influence of mass media. The term alludes to the overall impact and intellectual guidance exerted by the media, not only on public opinion but also on tastes and values
• vernacularization- There are

  languages to local languages in print .
• INFO; 1960’s – The Beatles,90’s – The

  Spice Girls, 98’s – Westlife, early 2000’s –