summary -- The effects of media globalization (editted final)

Media globalization, the foundation for globalization in general, is inevitable, which is due to the advancement in communications technology. Thus, communicating globally is much easier, benefiting us in many ways. Although people can access plenty of information via the internet, it does not imply that they are better informed. In addition, instead of bringing people with different cultures together, media globalization may worsen relations with other countries. Furthermore, the decrease in governmental regulations for media leads to the merging of different corporations, resulting in oligopolies. The richest minority of the richest countries control what appears in the media. Hence, the opinions of the people and the local media are threatened. The main objective of those multinational media corporations is to maximize the profit not the truth by increasing advertisements and decreasing the quality of the contents. Since advertising agencies sponsor the media heavily, they have a powerful influence over the contents as well. In conclusion, media globalization is an imperialistic effort on the part of media mergers.