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JanaRadošinská
UniversityofSS.CyrilandMethodiusinTrnava,SlovakRepublic
MediaCultureasaPartofGlobalizationProcesses
Abstract
Theneedforunderstandingthenatureofglobal,national,andlocalsystemsofmediaproductionandre-
ceptionisoneofthekeytheoreticalandempiricalissuesofcontemporarymediastudies.‘Mediaglobaliza-
tion’hasbecomeastandard,universaltermusedtodefinemultiplemeaningsandcontextsofnewformsof
globaleconomyandculturethataredisseminatedbymedia.Globalizationprocessessignificantlyaffectall
aspectsofmediacommunication,buttheiractualconsequences,effectsandimpactsonsociety(positiveas
wellasnegative)areverydiverseandthereforedifficulttoprovescientifically.Infact,culturaloutcomes
ofglobalizationprocessesareoftenimplicit,hardtodescribeanddefine-thesedifficultiesandsemantic
ambiguitiesleadtomanycontradictoryscholarlyopinionsonthegivenissues.Newpossibilitiesbrought
bymultimediaandvirtualformsofcommunicationareveryimportantaspectsofglobalizationtendencies
relatedtomediaproducts,especiallyduetothefactthatcrossingthetraditionalboundariesofspaceand
timehasbecomeoneofthecharacteristicfeaturesofcontemporarymediacommunication.Mediaprodu-
cersareabletooffertheirproductstodifferenttypesofaudiences-intellectualcapacitiesaswellassocial
andculturalexperienceoftheseaudiencesvaryandoftenreflecttheirownlevelsofeducationandmedia
literacy.Furthermore,therangeofissuesrelatedtocriticalreflectiononglobalizedmediacultureexpands
dynamically,inaccordancewithrapidlyincreasingtechnologicallevelofmassmediacommunication.
Addressingtheseoutlines,theauthorfocusesonindustriallyproducedculturedisseminatedbymediaand
itsplacewithintheglobalizedsocietyofthe21
st
centurybyreflectingthecurrenttheoreticalassumptions
andconsiderationsthatdefine‘mediaculture’asanewcultureofthewholesociety.
Keywords:mediaculture;globalization;mediaproduct;mediaconvergence;
mediaindustry
Introduction
Internationalmediacommunicationis,asasourceofpracticallyunlimited
amountofinformationandentertainment,offeringusvariouselementsofspiritual
andmoralvalues,rolemodels,stories,andtheirheroes,publiclypromotingexplicit
andimplicitsuggestionsrelatedtolifestyle,providinguswithaspacetopresentand
discusspoliticalopinionsandeconomictrends.Duetothefactthatmediaaudiences
increasinglyexpresstheirdistrustof‘officialauthorities’suchasnationalstates,
politicians,educationandhealthinstitutions,media(re)presentationsofthesekey
topicsandimpulsesaregainingmoreandmoreinfluenceandimportance.
Thesetendenciesare,however,hardlysurprising.Thewaysmediacommunicate
social,culturalandeconomicrealityofoureverydaylivesinclude‘newsstories’
anddiverse,attractivevariationsofmediafictionthatoftenaspireforthestatusof