Exam 9: Euromedia: Integration and Cultural Diversity in a Changing Media Landscape

Many scholars contend that with globalization, consumers have increasingly fewer choices and limited access to media products of a culturally diverse nature. Do you agree? Why or why not? Would this vary from region to region?

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Answers could vary greatly. Points to be incorporated or addressed should include some of the following: Cultural Imperialism, ECT, WST, Globalization, The Global Village, Americanization, the Internet, consumer demand/choice, and market forces. The difference in access and point of view between United States, other core, semi-peripheral and peripheral nations should be addressed for the last part.

The 2009 elections in the European Parliament tended to focus on European matters rather than domestic matters.

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GATS lacks internationally agreed upon standards on cultural and audiovisual policies.

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The EBU served a major role in launching Euronews.

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European audiences remain faithful to their national broadcasters.

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Question 5

Name three of the four ways the EU addresses the audiovisual sector?

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Question 6

Barely a generation ago, Europeans only had access to one or two state-funded radio and television channels.

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Question 7

Gripsrud and Chalaby contend that the traditional connection between national territory and media culture is doing what?

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Question 8

Some scholars argue that the EBU fulfills some of the criterion for a European Public Sphere.

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Question 9

European broadcasters tend to report the same general global news in the same manner.

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Question 10

What EU audiovisual program(s) offer(s) financial and other support to the media industry?

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Question 11

The release of what movie prompted a strong backlash from the European community towards Disney and a satirical cartoon in The European?

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Question 12

The UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions was adopted in October of which year?

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Question 13

How many official languages exist in Europe?

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Question 14

The _____ Agenda aims to make the EU "the world's most dynamic knowledge-based economy."

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Question 15

Television without Frontiers began after what seminal event? What was its purpose?

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Question 16

European media is characterized by which of the following?

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Question 17

In recent years, the traditions of public service and strong national government involvement in European affairs and media have been more or less abandoned.

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Question 18

The majority of television channels in Europe are accessed by which of the following method(s)?

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Question 19

The idea of a United States of Europe or a cohesive, uniform EU in terms of media is a widely accepted given among scholars.

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Many scholars contend that with globalization, consumers have increasingly fewer choices and limited access to media products of a culturally diverse nature. Do you agree? Why or why not? Would this vary from region to region?

The 2009 elections in the European Parliament tended to focus on European matters rather than domestic matters.

GATS lacks internationally agreed upon standards on cultural and audiovisual policies.

The EBU served a major role in launching Euronews.

European audiences remain faithful to their national broadcasters.

Name three of the four ways the EU addresses the audiovisual sector?

Barely a generation ago, Europeans only had access to one or two state-funded radio and television channels.

Gripsrud and Chalaby contend that the traditional connection between national territory and media culture is doing what?

Some scholars argue that the EBU fulfills some of the criterion for a European Public Sphere.

European broadcasters tend to report the same general global news in the same manner.

What EU audiovisual program(s) offer(s) financial and other support to the media industry?

The release of what movie prompted a strong backlash from the European community towards Disney and a satirical cartoon in The European?

The UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions was adopted in October of which year?

How many official languages exist in Europe?

The _____ Agenda aims to make the EU "the world's most dynamic knowledge-based economy."

Television without Frontiers began after what seminal event? What was its purpose?

European media is characterized by which of the following?

In recent years, the traditions of public service and strong national government involvement in European affairs and media have been more or less abandoned.

The majority of television channels in Europe are accessed by which of the following method(s)?

The idea of a United States of Europe or a cohesive, uniform EU in terms of media is a widely accepted given among scholars.

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