1. World problems
  2. Commercialization of culture

Commercialization of culture

  • Commodification of culture
  • Exploitation by advertising of cultural symbols

Nature

The commodification of culture presents simplistic, packaged notions of culture and has in some case resulted in the loss of indigenous rights and culture.

Incidence

Examples are the manufacturing and sale of souvenirs, entertainment of tourists through bastardized rituals, and the use of cultural icons in commercial endeavours.

Claim

The advertising industry's abuse of popular songs is one of the most pernicious and distressing of all contemporary social problems. Valued associations evoked by favourite songs are displaced by imposed images of consumer products.

Broader

Pseudo-culture
Presentable

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Aggravates

Aggravated by

Related

Counter culture
Yet to rate

Strategy

Commercializing
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Value

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
J6353
DOCID
12063530
D7NID
137432
Last update
Oct 4, 2020