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What do you know about cultural identity in modern society?

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What do you know about cultural identity in modern society?

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Definition
Cultural identity is usually understood as the identity or feeling of belonging to a group that has its own culture.

Development
+ Stage 1: Known as unexamined cultural identity, occurs during childhood when culture is taken for granted.
+ Stage 2:  The cultural identity search.
+ Stage 3: Cultural identity achievement.

Reasons
However, people often do not confine themselves to one culture. In the age of globalization, access to the Internet and the media provides instant contact with many cultures. A person's cultural identity may be influenced by certain aspects of other cultures.

Reaction
+ Some people feel a strong urge to keep their cultural identity.
+ Some people assimilate into the new culture pf the majority
+ On the other hand, there are people who integrate into the new cultural environment, while keeping their own cultural identity and flexibly adjusting to the different aspects of the new culture

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The mass media are means of communication, such as books, newspapers, recordings, radio, movies, television, mobile phones and the Internet, that can reach a large audience.

Role
The role of the mass media is not only to entertain and amuse the masses. Its most important role is to provide information and news about events in different parts of the world as they occur. Educating people about their rights and responsibilities is another function of mass media.

Popularity
Until recently, mass media forms were classified into six categories according to the sequence of their advent: print, recordings, cinema, radio, television, and the Internet. Each form has its own characteristic content types, creative artists, and business models. In the early 21st century, with the explosion of mobile communication technology, the mobile phone has emerged as a new and unique media channel.

The Internet and mobile communication are now the most popular means of receiving information and interacting with people through email, instant messaging, apps, search engines, blogs. social networks and other services. Most print and broadcast media have a presence on the web by having video adverts or Quick Response Codes (QR Codes) that link to specific websites.

Froms
Each form of mass media has had an important impact on society. Magazines were the first visual medium before the advent of television, which together with radio, brought entertainment and news programs into people's homes.
However, all these media had to change and adapt to the advent of the Internet and the Digital Media Age.

New digital media forms are more personal and social as they allow people to connect with each other, collaborate and share information and personalize their experiences.

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Soot, also called black carbon is one very dangerous pollutant.

1. The origin of soot
+ Soot comes from the incomplete combustion of coal, oil, wood, and other fuels.
+ In other words diesel engines, vehicle exhaust pipes, farming machines, construction equipment, or simply fires in grills, fireplaces, and stoves are potential sources of soot.
=> It appears in our daily life and can easily affect every one of us.

2. Soot and global warming
+ Soot like all black things absorbs sunlight and heats up the atmosphere.
+ It is the second most damaging greenhouse gas after C0₂, and twice as harmful to the climate.
+ Although black carbon remains in the atmosphere for no more than seven days it is particularly damaging to frozen areas. Soot emissions might be responsible for the quick melting of the Arctic.
=> Controlling black carbon can help to slow down global warming.

3. The effect of soot on human health
+Soot is harmful to health. A soot particle is very tiny - smaller than dust and mold, and about 1/30 the width of a human hair. It can easily go into our bloodstream and lungs via the nose and throat.
=> As a result, breathing in tiny particles can cause asthma attacks, heart disease, bronchitis, and many other respiratory illnesses.

4. Ways to reduce soot emissions.
+ Large quantities of man-made soot enter the atmosphere every year. The effects are most damaging regionally, especially in South and East Asia, Latin America and parts of Africa.
+ In developing countries, reducing soot emissions can be achieved by replacing traditional stoves with clean, alternative fuel cookers and heaters. Installation of filters to remove black carbon from diesel vehicles can also reduce soot.
+ Changing to electric or hydrogen vehicles will also reduce the impact on the environment.

In conclusion, reducing black carbon will have immediate benefits in slowing down global warming and the melting of the Arctic snow and ice. It would also prevent many soot-related deaths and illnesses.

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1. Definition
Urbanization is the process by which urban areas grow bigger as more and more people leave the countryside to live in towns and cities.

2. Cause
The are various causes of urbanization in LEDCs:
+ People migrate to urban areas on a massive scale due to lack of resources in rural areas.
+ Small farmers find it harder to make a living not just because of bad weather conditions such as drought floods, or storms, because they can't compete with large agricultural companies.
+ They believe that the living standard in urban areas will be higher than in rural areas, many people come to the city seeking their fortune.

3. Pros and cons
Advantages:
+ Urbanization has provided job opportunities, higher incomes, and better access to health facilities and education.
+ People's overall standard of living can improve.
+ The process of urbanization can actually change their mindset and help them to accept more progressive ideas.
Disadvantages:
+ Some problems include inadequate water and sanitation, lack of rubbish disposal, and industrial pollution.
+ Unemployed, people are more likely to engage in robbery, kidnapping, murder, and other illegal activities.
+ Can result in growth of slums with no sanitation or drinking water.
+ Urbanization leads to the shift of the working population from agriculture to industries => Labour shortages in rural areas are likely to result in a decrease in agricultural and food production as well.

4. Solutions and trend
Solutions:
+ Creation of more jobs
+ Reduce the high rates of population growth
Trend:
+ There will be more, and bigger cities in the future.
+ Cities are becoming more diverse as they attract communities of different nationalities, faith, and ethnicity.