A Globalized Identity
Despite Canada claiming to be an officially bilingual country, only this province is actually bilingual.
What is New Brunswick?
This is the means of communication, such as radio, television, newspapers, magazines, social media, streaming platforms that reach and influence people widely.
What is Media?
Pop culture and this are synonymous due to the dominance of transnational corporations and the influence they have across the world.
What is American Culture?
Toronto, Calgary are all examples of these, complete with satellite cities?
What are Metropolises?
The process where individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society.
What is Assimilation?
This form of your identity is shaped by the combination of beliefs, values, view of history and language.
What is Collective Identity?
This impact of globalization allows for consumers to communicate and interact with people all across the world, allowing for the spread of ideals as well as an opportunity for like-minded people to meet up and interact.
What is Social Media?
This law was passed in 1968 to mandate broadcasters to promote and maintain Canadian Content across the country.
What is the Broadcasting Act?
Sesame Street having 160 different versions of its show worldwide including Sesame Park here in Canada is an example of what in media?
What is Hybridization?
This is an effort to restore new life to a culture?
What is Cultural Revitalization?
The traits that makeup one's sense of self, including interests, goals and skills is that person's...
This is where groups new to a country are provided equal opportunities to participate in society.
What is Integration?
This is the idea that different cultures transform and become more similar to each other as globalization progresses.
What is Cultural Homogenization?
People argue that this merging of technologies and platforms is good for business, but bad for the free flow of information.
What is Media Convergence?
This is the process where individuals or groups adopt the cultural traits or behaviors of another culture, often resulting in a blending or modification of both original and new cultural patterns.
What is Acculturation?
This one skill that is passed down from generation to generation is the largest impact on a culture's identity.
What is Language?
This is the process by which so many people move into rural areas close to cities that these areas themselves become urban.
What is Urbanization?
This is the gap between the "Haves" and the "Have Nots" when it comes to access to technology across the world.
What is the Digital Divide?
Thiese are urban centre with a population of 10 million or higher, including Tokyo, Delhi and Shanghai, just to name a few.
What are Megacities?
This is the treatment of a person group or concept as insignificant or peripheral.
What is Marginalization?
Canada is a prime example of this, due to its encouragement of people maintaining their collective identity while trying to establish a Canadian collective identity.
What is a Pluralistic Society?
This is the mutual sharing of information between two or more cultural collectives for the purpose of improving friendship and understanding.
What is Cultural Exchange?
This bill mandates that streaming services must provide a curated list of Canadian content on their home screens as well as must contribute to the creation of Canadian content.
What is Bill C-11?
This is the concentration of our news sources into the hands of fewer and fewer companies.
What is Media Consolidation?
This is the act of varying products in order to provide different regions across the world with an adequate variety of industry.
What is Diversification?