Romancing the Globe - Madison Lowe
Globalization illustrates a complicated web of homogenization and fragmentation that allow for cultures to realize one another's differences without overpowering them. It preserves cultures, while blending them at the same time to create relatable media that society can enjoy. The blending of cultures comes about when the particular genre is homogenized by using the same narrative modeling techniques along with a lowering of certain cultural aspects. The preservation of cultures comes from each local area adding their own aspects such as their economic/social situations. Media globalization has a significant impact on circulation, regulation, and dispersion of the telenovela, which has turned into an international genre. This circulation and distribution around the globe has led to telenovelas becoming an epitome for other films to be structured around, like that of "Jane the Virgin" for example. Other countries besides Latin America...