GEC 103 Contemporary World Assignment
GEC 103 Contemporary World Assignment
GEC 103 Contemporary World Assignment
English was one of Samoa's two official languages, and most Samoans were able to speak
English at a better level than the average non-native English speakers around the world.
Furthermore, we used to be colonized by 3 Western colonial empires, and through their
Australian colonies we were geographically close to Australia, New Zealand, and even the UK.
And I think that Samoa and Samoans may have been some of the nearest to the Western media's
potentially harmful impact. "Underdeveloped countries" or less developed countries are words
for classifying developing countries that are far from other developing countries that they are
close to becoming developed countries in a not so far-reaching future.
For a good reason, developing countries are also not developed countries. There is
nowhere in this world where people from "underdeveloped" or less developed countries have had
the time, the opportunity and, most importantly, the ability to be influenced by Western media in
any way. During everyday life there are much more important things to think about than what
has been said by this or this Western media. Some Westerners don't care about their own media
themselves.
The assumption that Western media has been influencing “underdeveloped” countries is a
delusional theory which, in reality, has mostly been used and propagated on purpose by some
non-Western countries and non-Western leaders who have been in opposition with the Western
world.
Nonetheless, interestingly in the Pacific Islands, we have seen more Chinese politicians,
Chinese businessmen, and even Chinese netizens on our online platform telling us how poorly
Western media affected us and how hostile Western countries were to us. The Western world
may be the devil, it doesn't mean other people aren't too. It would have been clear for a while if
Western media had any impact on us. Never on any Pacific Islands has Australian media affected
something. Nauru with the detention center is the best proof. No one in Nauru is worried about
what the Australian media might suggest. I don't even have to think about homosexuality. Many
Pacific Islands are more likely to be considered homophobic than accepting countries against
homosexuality, while New Zealand, Australia, and even France, on the other hand, have
advocated homosexuality acceptance in this area of the world. Go to any Pacific Islands to see if
anyone has taken care of those Western media's message of acceptance. So, stop believing that
one day Western media had the power to influence anything else, particularly developing
countries.
The truth is that Western media is nothing more than a good tool waved by some countries
and some leaders who want some developing countries and their citizens.
The very existence of Western media angered the corrupt rulers and their pro-dictatorial
followers and worshipers, they simply cannot accept the fact that since their birth many people
are entitled to some basic human rights, these pagans can even obtain access to free speech,
rights to private properties, medical assistance, labor unions, and university education.
3. Does Colonialism still affect the nations that were colonized? Pick a nation
and explain the continuing problems in that nation due to the history of being
colonized.
The ruling Black's in South Africa have become the new Whites. It was a beacon of hope, but
it has become a glimmer of hope. Countries were colonized because Solidarity was missing.
Beginning with England, it consisted of distinct kingdoms that could have repelled most, if not
all, invasions together. A union of English and Scottish kingdoms might have repelled the
Normans.
Colonization operates on already existing partitions. This functions on the rivalries that exist.
Since there was no mutual protection, slavery was made possible. Britain, Scotland, Ireland have
all been subjugated by tribalism. Britain became a leading colonial power thanks to the success
of' the Children.
The new Colonial Power, the United States, has a different parenting strategy. They go to
scream, kick the arsis of the kid's, cut the wire to the street light, use the equipment, and then
bugger off. The British constructed Flood defenses to defend what is now one of the world's
richest cities, Mumbai, over a hundred years ago. That's what the children do to it. The walk
along Mumbai's famous Marine Drive is crowded on a Sunday evening in June, the walk along
the iconic Marine Drive of Mumbai is packed. Families are running around eating ice cream,
kids are chasing street vendors peddling cotton candy, and friends are pressing together against
the Arab Sea's blue-gray waters. Dark, roiling monsoon clouds churn across the horizon as
waves smash against the concrete barricade a meter away.
A century ago, when India was part of the British colonial empire, the promenade was
built. The days of the walkway can be numbered. According to tide gage records, the coastal
waters of Mumbai rose at least nine centimeters during the 20th century. Now, during high tide,
seawater spills frequently across the promenade. We failed to improve the initial protections.
The original defenses have not been improved. They have not been able to plan for additional
needs. They have thousands of uninsurable businesses and what work is being done is to use out
dated data.
Countries that were colonized mainly functioned as a supply chain for raw materials for the
colonizing country-based industries. It facilitated de-industrialization and the rise of a quasi-
aristocracy in colonies that owed their riches not to technology, but to the exploitation of profits
from raw material production, such as mines, plantations, etc.
Post-colonial societies are still dominated by the ancestors of these elites, who by holding
down wages rather than investing in innovation to protect their wealth. They see themselves as
exiled Europeans and do not spend in their countries of origin. The United States is a notable
example because we had a civil war in which the northern industrialists vanquished the holders
of the southern plantations.
References:
https://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/08/world/isis-fast-facts/index.html
https://soapboxie.com/social-issues/Bhutans-Gross-national-happiness-can-change-the-world
https://www.quora.com/How-has-the-influence-of-western-medias-hurt-underdeveloped-nations