When international media (including movies, fashion shows, advertisements and other TV programmes) convey the same messages to the global audience, people argue that the expansion of International media has negative impacts on cultural diversity. What is your opinion?

Nowadays, it is self-evident that

media

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the media

has profound impacts on

perspectives

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the perspectives

and lifestyle of an individual.

As a result

of globalisation, messages from international media tend to lack of

diversity

, which provoke a controversy whether it leads to the contraction of cultural

diversity

. To find draw up a conclusion, it is necessary to elaborate

this

issue on both sides. Supposedly, it is considered to be the major merit of international media since it promotes people throughout the world to access to the same degree of knowledge and information. In turn, inhabitants have chances to learn about various cultures and raise their own awareness of cultural

diversity

.

Moreover

, international media paves the way for divergent countries to build concrete relationships based on cultural understanding.

For instance

, Asia used to remain a mystery to the rest of the world due to the disparity of cultural customs and religious belief. Over time, with the open policy of local governments and international media, there is an upsurge in the number of Asian immigrants in various areas around the world.

Conversely

, the expansion of international media is putting indigenous culture at risk since it is controlled by a handful of powerful Western-based enterprises. It may

leads

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lead

to cultural imperialism by Western countries and the extinction of local cultures.

Although

culture is naturally passed on from older generations to the younger ones, nowadays, number adolescent are not comfortable with their own cultural customs due to the impacts of international media channels. Take China as an example,

Chinese

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the Chinese

once considered mentioning directly about sex-related topics

is

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are

offensive. Over time, they are more open to

this

issue in public. On balance, I would support the opinion that

international media

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the international media

is damaging cultural

diversity

if local governments do not pay sufficient attention to preserve their indigenous culture.