How We Became the McWorld - Global Culture is Getting More Boring

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• Author: joanwestenberg.com
• Title: How We Became the McWorld - Global Culture is Getting More Boring
• Reference: https://www.joanwestenberg.com/how-we-became-the-mcworld-global-culture-is-getting-more-boring/
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• TikTok’s algorithm doesn’t care about preserving traditional Malaysian dance forms; it cares about what gets clicks. — Updated on 2024-12-17 08:12:44 — Group:Public

• The result isn’t cultural fusion so much as cultural pasteurization – keeping just enough local flavor to be marketable while smoothing out anything too distinctive or challenging. — Updated on 2024-12-17 08:13:02 — Group:Public

• hese new global subcultures tend to be consumption-based identities rather than organic, historically-rooted cultural traditions. — Updated on 2024-12-17 08:13:21 — Group:Public

• Netflix proudly advertises its international content library, but look carefully at what gets commissioned and promoted: increasingly, it’s shows that follow proven global formulas with just enough local flavor to seem exciting. The result isn’t genuine cultural exchange but a kind of cultural strip-mining – extracting the most easily marketable elements while leaving everything else behind as worthless. — Updated on 2024-12-17 08:13:37 — Group:Public