Cultural Industries and Identity Canada Today Pages 22-23

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Cultural Industries and Identity Canada Today
Pages 22-23

• Social Studies 11

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What are Cultural Industries?

• With a partner
• Brainstorm a list of cultural products that
  could express and protect your nations identity.

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Which country do you think has the strongest
cultural industries?

• Strong cultural industries strong identity that
  is easy to recognize.

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Products flow from large, powerful countries to
smaller, weaker countries.
USA
CAN
CHINA
VIETNAM
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The Impact of Technology

• Technology has enabled cultural products to be
  produced faster, in larger numbers, and for a
  much greater market than ever before.
• Consider the DVD markets in China. These days
  people all over China can watch American movies
  for 6RMB even before the movies are seen in the
  USA.

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TV and the Canadian Identity
Canadians watch American TV
It is cheaper to buy American TV shows than to
make Canadian shows
Canadian TV stations lose and have less to
produce Canadian TV programs
Canadians may begin to adopt American values and
attitudes.
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Anti-American sentiment and the Canadian Identity

• Canadians are similar to Americans in many ways
  but
• There are differences between Canadians and
  Americans and
• Many Canadians feel these differences are an
  important part of their identity.

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Discussion

• Discuss how cultural industries influence a
  nations identity.