Mass Media and its effect on Korean Culture

Mass Media and Korean Culture

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Though dynamic and ever changing , culture is affected by many factors especially in the present world . Mass media is one such factor that has great effect on culture since it affects everyone in the society irrespective of age . Use of televisions , internet and radios affect all aspects of human life including social , political as well as personal lives . Due to the effects of globalization , American mass media culture has greatly affected other media cultures in the whole world

. Since culture which is basically people 's way of life can be affected in various ways , this essay shall focus on how the American mass media culture has affected the Korean culture

Although many aspects of culture are affected by mass media , the effect on language cannot be underestimated . Currently , Korean vernacular language contains a lot of American English words . In addition , due to globalization , knowledge of English is quite crucial in Korea since some companies in the country are even reluctant to employ someone who does not know English (Lee , 2004 . As much as there may be many factors that have contributed to penetration of American English into Korea , media has played a great role . Korean mass media has also been greatly affected by the same . For instance , a lot of Korean print media and advertisements in the television contain English loan words . Moreover there are two newspapers in Korea namely the Korea Times and Korea Herald that are written purely...