Critique of the Cultural Imperialism Theory

Abstract This story stands to critique the Cultural Imperialism Theory. The paper hike looks at both the negative and the imperious effects of Cultural Imperialism. The cultural imperialism conjecture sets to shape the supposition of cultural imperialism itself. It concludes that, though the western world is eroding the ending of developing countries and Nigeria as a study, Nigeria as a Nation should put on some safety belt in safeguarding our heritage. Keywords cultivation, imperialism, media imperialism, cultural imperialism Introduction A mans superciliousness lies in his confidence and his personality is greatly nurtured by his ulture.Culture is the characteristic of a particular proposition assort of people, defined by things much(prenominal) as language, religion, social habits, music and humanistic discipline that are passed from one generation to the another(prenominal) it can also be the usance of the people (Zimmermann, 2012). agree to the New Oxford mental le xicon, culture is the cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitudes, meanings, religion, notions of time, roles, spatial relations, concept of the universe, and material objects and possessions acquire by a group of people in the line of descent of generations through individual land group striving.Imperialism as defined by the Dictionary of Human Geography, is the creation and maintenance of an mismatched economic, cultural and territorial relationship, usually mingled with states and often in the form of an empire, base on domination and subordination. According to Downing, Mohammad, and Sreberny- Mohammadi (1995), Imperialism is the supremacy and control of one country by a more powerful one. According to Boyd-Barrett (1977 p. 1 7)