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How is globalization impacting the
media in the country?

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How is globalization impacting the
media in the country?

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The globalization of media means that we now have more globalized culturalinfluences available to us in terms of lifestyle choices and consumption. This globalization takes several forms.

Ownership of mass media is no longer restricted by national boundaries. Moguls, such as Rupert Murdoch, and media conglomerates, such as Time Warner, own hundreds of media companies spread throughout the world. Satellite television has opened up the world to the television viewer. Access to the worldwide web via the Internet, global webservers (such as AOL or Google) and new technology (such as wireless broadband) mean that people can access information and entertainment in all parts of the world. Advertising occurs on a global scale and particular brands and logos have become globalized as a result.

The UK reside in an ambivalent position between Europe and the USA. In 1940s Britain was a colonial power in America and heavily depended on the association with the USA. It shares a language with the Americans which it does with no European country except Ireland. Britain also shares a liberal economic culture with the US more eagerly than some other Northern and Western European states do. Shared language and shared neoliberal kinships are amongst the factors that have made the UK open to the penetration of American media and culture. As with the economy and politics Britain is very open to the globalization of culture. Britain’s cultural globalization can be seen in post-colonial inputs into its culture and its relationship to the Americanization of culture, but attitudes to globalization vary between the four countries of the UK. For years the UK have been a multi-national and multicultural country because of the high rate of immigration and the ethnic group diversity. Britain’s culture is already affected by the multi-cultural atmosphere of the country, and by being widely open to the world through the globalization of media, the culture has been affected more severely.  The globalization of American culture was derived by the mass culture spreading from the US to other parts of the world, through the propagation of new methods of communications technology.

American cultural exports started off with jazz, film and rock ‘n’ roll US culture has come to be predominant in youth and pop culture, the media, such as cinema and TV, and in a consumerist and individualist economic culture similar in both the USA and UK. The two countries share a language which makes Britain especially open to American cultural imports such as TV programming. So the penetration of American culture in the UK can be exaggerated. Beyond more superficial consumer culture there is differences in the customs, habits and values of people of different nations. British culture can be described as hybridized, open to inputs not just from America and former colonies but broadly from, for instance, Asia, Africa and Latin America when it comes to music, fashion, and food, for example. And British culture is also not just an importer. The dominance of English as a world language is one factor that facilitates the export of British culture, pop music and media. The importing of American culture is linked to the US dominance of the cultural industry through its large media conglomerates and there is an unevenness in production of and access to culture.

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What
is trending in your country? And why? 

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What
is trending in your country? And why? 

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60 % of all 16 to 24 year-olds said they watch short video clips when at home, 40% also watch more than 30 minutes of short videos every day. Younger people aged 11-24 only consume half of their video content live on TV and as much as a fifth of their viewing is short form videos on the likes of YouTube, Snapchat, and Facebook videos. While people aged 25 to 34 years old watched 10% less linear TV in 2014 than in 2013; 35 to 44 years old watched 9% less. 17% of 16-24s and 14% of 25-34 year olds watch short form videos for more than one hour a day The point here that watching short-form videos is becoming a life stage habit. Dedicated YouTubers, content creators solely on YouTube such as Zoella and Alfie are most popular among 16-24 age group.

Ten myths about Youtube users:https://think.storage.googleapis.com/intl/ALL_uk/docs/youtube-audience_infographic.pdf
Facebook in the most popular social network platform among the 55+ age group, However, only 39% use their accounts regularly and post content. This age group mainly use smart devices for communication rather than entertainment. Younger users adopted websites like Facebook as a mean to communicate with others or as a mean of entertainment.

53% of 16-24 year olds use social media to send and receive messages directly with their friends. In fact, this rationalizes the increasing popularity of Snapchat among younger consumers. People prefer to post content on social media platforms where the audience is restricted to close friends.
Facebook is the most popular social network platform in the UK with 32 million UK users, followed by YouTube with 19 million UK users; Twitter comes in the third place with 15 million UK users.

To see the full list visit: http://social-media.co.uk/list-popular-social-networking-websites
The most popular social network platform for younger users between 12 and 15 years old is slightly different. Youtube is the most popular among youngsters (81%), followed by Facebook (72%), Instagram (55%), and Snapchat (53%). Yet Snapchat is the most recent addition to youngsters’ social media most used platform. More than 25% of UK Smartphone users are on Snapchat. According to research from Vodafone in 2015, Snapchat accounts for 75% of data traffic in the UK.
A third (33%) of adults with Twitter accounts use it to retweet or for reading news, followed by quarter (24%) that use it for air complaints and frustrations. Tweeting information on celebrities is most likely to be by 12 to 15-year-old account holders, with 30% doing so, almost four times as many as among all adult account holders (8%).
People are likely to follow celebrities on social media as they are to follow friends.

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Owned by Joseph Graham "Joe" Sugg, 24 years old English Youtuber, filmmaker and auther.

ThetcherJoe channel 6,883,961 subscriber, 719M video views.

ThetcherJoeGames channel 1M subscriber,  122M video views.

ThatcherJoeVlogs
channel, 3M subscriber, 379M video views.

His videos consist of challenges, pranks, and impressions.

Sugg is author of the graphic noval Username: Evie..

Joe sugg Instagram page has 4.6M follower.

His job is mending straw roofs in Wiltshire as an apprentice to his uncle.

He had filmed a feature-length documentary: Joe & Caspar Hit the Road.

The statistics showed that his biggest demographic is not teenagers but 18 to 24-year-olds.

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Directed By: Sarah Gavron

Written By:Abi Morgan

For decades, women had peacefully campaigned for equality and the right to vote. Their arguments were ignored. In response in 1912, Emmeline Pankhurst leader of Suffragette movement, called for a national campaign of civil disobedience. The film represents the story of one group of working women who joined the fight.

The movie depicts a fact-based story took place in the early 20th century where Suffragette feminist movement was an important event in the history of Britain.  The movie portrays the life of an ordinary woman Maud Watts who works in an industrial laundry from the age of 7, and lives a typical life where she works the whole day and when she goes back home she takes care of her husband and son. The movie portrayed the role of women as an obedient mother, daughter, and wife who do not have the right to define their destiny, so they are represented by their fathers, brothers or husbands. Women were not equal to men in any way, for example in the laundry women were paid 13 shilling while men were paid 19 shilling a week while women were working more than men. Men think that no one care or listen to women, they are seen as nothing in the world; they also believe that mental equilibrium of female is less than for men. Maud Watts was involved and caught up in the Suffragette by accident because of curiosity and gradually she found herself as a member of the movement group. Because she joined the Suffragette movement, she was rejected by her husband as well as the society including other women. They believe that Maud and another suffragette brings shame to the men to whom they are supposed to obey. After she had lost her husband and son, Maud realized that radicalized and violence is the only route to change. In “Suffragette” protestors fill the streets of London and rebels carry out acts of vandalism, smashing windows and blowing up mailboxes. Maud and other suffragette women were willing to sacrifice everything in their fight for equality; their jobs, their homes, their children and their lives.

Men were portrayed in three characters; Sony (Maud’s husband) and Norman Taylor (Maud’s supervisor) and Edith husband. Maud’s supervisor was a portrait of men depravity who take advantage of women’s need and weakness to satisfy their desires. So women low pay and sexual harassment in the laundry was a matter of daily routine. While Sony was too placid to be angry at his wife’s behavior and the decision to embrace the Suffragette cause. Edith husband was a supporter of the Suffragette movement; he helped his wife and the other women throughout the movement. Other men from the supporting characters who portrayed the public despise and disrespect women who fight for their rights.

British government and law also were portrayed in the movie. The government tried to silence and suppress the protesters in any way, they hit, imprisoned and brutalized the women. Additionally, the government encouraged violence against women. While the law was in the men side since they do not allow women to vote and it gave the Sonny the right to custody when Maud joined the Suffragette.

The British press tried to cover all the Suffragette movement developments, but the government suppressed and tamed the journalists’ interest in the story. However, the press insulted and mocked the suffragette members and did not have an unbiased voice. This shows that the press at that time was authoritarian where the government published only what they want the people to know about.

The following sectors of the society were excluded from the movie:

·         Women who are not involved in the Suffragette movement.

·         People from other ethnic groups living in the UK at that time.

·         Men who were supporting the suffragette.

·         Movement leader, Emmeline Pankhurst. She appeared only in 5 mins scene.

Although the movie was depicting a real story and written, produced, and acted by British cast it included some stereotypes.  All the characters in the movie were white people despite the fact that many Asian and black women participated in the movement. Another stereotype was that all men were resistant to the Suffragette while there were men who played an active role in the suffragette. One man who played a leading role was Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, joint editor of the publication 'Votes for Women' with his wife, Emmeline.

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There are around 652 channels in the UK varies between news, entertainment, music, sport and shopping channels. There are five major and most watched nationwide television channels: BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.

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There are hundreds of ISPs in the UK but the vast majority - almost 90% - get online through one of the big four ISPs - BT, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, EE and Sky.

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There are around 660 licensed radio station in the UK.
For more about Radio statistics visit:

http://www.rajar.co.uk/docs/news/RAJAR_DataRelease_InfographicQ12016.pdf

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Mobile phones can be used to perform several activities in addition to phone calls. In the UK 43% of the population are using mobile messenger, 37% are using mobile map services such as Google map, 32% are using mobile banking such as money transfer, 31% are watching videos on mobile, and 24% are playing games on mobile. Which indicates that the mobile is being used effectively in the daily life to communicate with others and to facilitate daily life activities as well as for entertainment.
The emerging of the internet, smartphones, and social media have improved the business activities for both retailers and consumers. In the UK people are using mobile devices for e-commerce activities, 79% of the population which represents more than three-quarters the population visited an online retail store in the past 30 days, and the same percentage searched online for a product or service to buy in the past 30 days. 77% purchased a product or a service online in the past 30 days. However, 73% used a laptop or desktop computer to make the purchase, and only 27% used a mobile device. This might be because of the public’s belief that the mobile devices are less secure than laptops and desktops.

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People use different devices to stay connected with the world and to interact with the social media and the digital world. The majority of the population (92%) owns a mobile phone, 75% owns a laptop or desktop computer, and 71% owns a smartphone. While wearable devices and gaming console are less popular in the UK with only 4% for wearable devices and 0% for a gaming console.
Since smartphones and cellular data became more popular and preferable for the public, the total number of mobile internet subscription in the UK is 74.9 million representing 115% while the mobile connection that is broadband is 80%.

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According to Digital in 2016 report, the UK statistics demonstrated that there are 59.47 million active internet users which represent 92% of the total population, 38 million active social media users representing 59% of the population, and 74.92 million mobile connections which is 115% of the population which indicates that the UK community has a noticeable presence in the digital world.

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The UK is the third largest economy in Europe after Germany and France since it represents a leading trading power and financial center. The economy of the UK is overwhelmingly supported by the strength of its service sector particularly banking, insurance, and business services which represent 78% of the total GDP. Manufacturing, in the meantime, has dropped in importance but still accounts for about 10% of economic output. Agriculture may have the least contribution to the GDP, but it has vital importance for Britain and Northern Ireland as well as the whole economy of the UK. Agriculture is intensive and highly mechanized, so it produces about 60% of the food demand of the entire nation. The UK also has large coal, oil, and natural gas resources but because of the decline in the oil and natural gas reserves since 2005 the UK became a net importer of energy. Moreover, construction and automotive industries represent one of the largest employers of UK inhabitants by employing approximately five million residents.

Due to the significant importance of the financial sector for the local GDP of the UK, the 2008 global financial crises hit the economy of the country. Along with the dropping home prices, high consumer debt and the global economic slowdown which compounded the UK’s economy problems and pushed the economy into recession in the mid of 2008. The UK government took various measures to induce the economy and stabilize the financial market such as increasing public spending and implementing temporary tax cuts, as well as a five-year austerity program launched in 2010. They have succeeded to cancel out the worst effects of the recession. Nevertheless, the UK still didn’t recover to pre-crises status. In 2012, weak consumer spending, and restrained business investments stagnated the economy, yet in 2013 GDP grew 1.7% and in 2014 2.8%, accelerating because of greater consumer spending and a recuperating housing market. Lately, economists are concerned about the potential damaging impact if the UK left the EU since the UK is one of the fastest growing economies among the G7 countries. The UK has an extensive trade relationship with other EU members through its access to the single market, and economic observers have warned an exit could jeopardize its position as the central location for European financial services.

For more information about UK economy visit https://ig.ft.com/sites/numbers/economies/uk

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The UK’s official language is English, and it is estimated that 95% of the UK population are monolingual English speakers. However, there is minority of Celtic languages speakers who are bilingual English speakers.  In Scotland 1.4% speak Scottish Gaelic; in Northern Ireland 6.6% of the population are bilingual in Irish Gaelic and English; in Wales, 21% also speak Welsh. However, Welsh is the only Celtic language that enjoys official status.

There are also an enormous number of community languages brought to the UK and sustained by immigrant communities who represent more than 5.5% of the population. The largest community language brought by immigrants are South Asian languages such as Bengali, Punjabi, Hindi and Gujarati spoke by 2.7% of the total UK population. Cantonese, Italian, Polish, Greek and Turkish are some of the other community languages spoken in the UK.

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With the high rate of migrants in the UK, the religious make-up of the country is diverse. 2011 statistics shows that the majority (59%) of UK population are Christians, followed by 25% who have no religion, and 7% didn’t specify their religion. Within ten years, from 2001 to 2011 the number of people who identify themselves as Christian has been decreased from 71.7 per cent to 59.3 per cent, while the number of people reporting no religion has been increased from 14.8 per cent to 25.1 per cent. On the other hand, there were increases in the other main religious group categories; the most increase was in the number of Muslims from 3.0 per cent to 4.8 per cent.

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The age structure of the UK population is illustrated in the figure below. We can see the peaks in the figure indicates the high number of people aged between 60 and 64 who were born after the Second World War. As well as people aged between 40 and 49 who were born during the 1960s baby boom. Notice that the pyramid shrink for the number of young people aged between 5 to 9 years as a consequence of low birth rate at the beginning of the last century, while it expands the number of people aged between 0 to 4 years as a result of the increase in the birth rate in recent years. The figure also shows that the number of older females is slightly higher than males due to the higher life expectancy of females (82.69 years). While the number of young males is higher than females which indicate that there are slightly more baby boys born each year.

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Due to the high rate of migration UK have numerous ethnic groups as the picture below demonstrates the ethnic breakdown for the year 2011. British from White ethnicity represents the majority of the UK population, and Indian ethnicity comes in the second place and mixed which means British citizens in which their parents are of two or more different ethnic backgrounds are the third popular ethnic in the UK.

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The total population of the UK is 65,111,143 (2016), it is the 22nd largest in the world. So it has one of the highest population density in the world at 266.5 people per square kilometer. The Southeast of England has the most population density, the UK’s highest density is located in Islington with 14,517 people per square kilometer and the UK’s lowest density is located in Highland & Eileen Siar with nine people per square kilometer. The UK recorded the largest population growth rate in all of Europe Union countries at 0.6 annual growth. International migration is the main factor that contributed to the fast population growth in the UK knowing that in 2015 the net migration rate reached 336,000.
To see the UK population density on the map visit http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/HTMLDocs/dvc134_c/index.html

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The United Kingdom is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. It is made up of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. UK is twice the size of New York state with a total area of 94,526 sq mi (244,820 sq km) and a population of 65,111,143. England is the largest country of the UK with over half the total area of the Kingdom at 50,350 sq mi (130,410 sq km).

The UK lies between the North Atlantic and the North Sea, and comes within 35 km (22 mi) of the northwest coast of France, from which it is separated by the English Channel. It shares a 499 km international land boundary with the Republic of Ireland.

London is the capital of the UK and considered as a global city by which it represents the economic, cultural, tourism and transportation center and one of the world’s top financial center. It is the most populous city of UK with 8.6 million.

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Owned by Marcus LIoyd  Buttler, 24 years old English Youtube Vlogger.

186th most subscribed channel on the Youtube.

Marcus Butler channel 4 M subscribers, 290 M video views.

MoreMarcus channel 1.5 M subscribers, 140 M video views.

Marcus Instagram page has 3.1M follower.

Marcus is a normal boy who posts daily vlogs about his daily life, and do lots of wacky challenges humorous sketches with his friends, taste food from all around the world, and make things to break Guinness World Records.

His book "Hello life" is an autobiography and part self-help book, filled of life advice, tips, and, obviously, funny anecdotes.

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Owned by Zoe Elizabeth Sugg 25 years old English fashion and beauty vlogger, YouTuber, and author.

Zoella channel  is mostly about fashion, beauty hauls, and "favorites" videos.

Zoella channel 10,722,176 subscribers, over 766M video views.

MoreZoella channel contains mostly vlogs about her daily life.

MoreZoella, 4M subscriber, 427M video views.

50th most subscribed channel on the YouTube.

Zoella Instagram page has 8.4 million follower.

"People can see I’m just a normal person,’ she says. ‘I like the same things as them, I have some of the same issues they have, and I guess people feel like they are part of my life. A lot of younger people say it’s like having a big sister'