Increasing Mobility

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Description:

The dictionary has a explanation of the word Mobile

Mobile
  • Capable of moving or of being moved readily from place to place.
  • Tending to travel and relocate frequently.

Mobility means ' The quality or state of being mobile '.

The world's increasing mobility take its literal meaning: People are more and more capable of and ready for moving from one place to another, both temperarily and permantantly.

Enablers:

  • The advance of information and communication technology
  • Telecommunication & broadcast reform in 3rd world countries
  • Democratization
  • The emergence of transnational media corporations

Inhibitors:

  • Regulations from local government
  • Culture clashes
  • Revitalization of local cultures such as Bollywood movies in India
  • Competition with local media

Paradigms:

  • Pop cultures
  • Press freedom

Experts:

  • Marshal McLuhan, The Medium is the Massage
  • Nancy Morris, Media and Globalization: Why the State Matters
  • Monroe E. Price, Media and Sovereignty

Timing:

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