Type "CONTEMPORARY" of the answer is TRUE; or "WORLD" if otherwise:

The ‘standardization’ of programs on world TV screens and cinema’s will risk the disappearance of cultural and linguistic identities in societies around the globe.

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Type "CONTEMPORARY" of the answer is TRUE; or "WORLD" if otherwise:

Since the past 200 years English has emerged as the language of global communication and commerce.

(a)  

Type "CONTEMPORARY" of the answer is TRUE; or "WORLD" if otherwise:

The British control of more than half of the world communication cables and telegraph networks led to the popularization of English as the main language of international trade and services.

(a)  

Type "CONTEMPORARY" of the answer is TRUE; or "WORLD" if otherwise:

US assumption of power over communication networks later, ensured the continuation of the English language.

(a)  

Type "CONTEMPORARY" of the answer is TRUE; or "WORLD" if otherwise:

English is the main language of exchange in multinational interactions as in the United Nations, transnational corporations, international media including the Internet and scientific and technological publishing.

(a)  

Type "CONTEMPORARY" of the answer is TRUE; or "WORLD" if otherwise:

English, being the language of the colonial powers has psychological implications for many nations which consider it a language of power and prestige.

(a)  

Type "CONTEMPORARY" of the answer is TRUE; or "WORLD" if otherwise:

English also plays an important role in the international publishing world where Western publishers determine the literary agenda of the world. A practice detrimental to the interests of the writers of other languages. Literature from the global South becomes visible internationally only when it has been chosen, published, translated and reviewed by Western sources.

(a)  

Type "CONTEMPORARY" of the answer is TRUE; or "WORLD" if otherwise:

There has been a growing trend towards regionalization and localization of media content to suit the cultural priorities of audiences around the world.

(a)  

Type "CONTEMPORARY" of the answer is TRUE; or "WORLD" if otherwise:

Transnational media corporations operating globally have to adapt their products to attract indigenous consumers and become commercially viable.

(a)  

Type "CONTEMPORARY" of the answer is TRUE; or "WORLD" if otherwise:

Local cultural resources are utilized to promote their products as people prefer their own language over foreign ones. Therefore, there is a trend towards publishing regional or local editions of newspapers and magazines and transmitting and even producing television programs in local languages. However the content of these programs remain standardized. This homogenization creates the impression of a McMedia being created, shaped by the globalization of media economics and pull of national cultures.

(a)  

Type "CONTEMPORARY" of the answer is TRUE; or "WORLD" if otherwise:

Economic growth, technological development and modernization in developing countries has allowed the dramatic increase and proliferation of Hollywood and US products.

(a)