Many young people today know more about international pop and movie stars than famous people in the history of their country. Why is this the case? What can be done to increase young people’s interest in their country’s history?

Globalization is a common trend of mankind, which has some inevitable consequences. Among them, it is easy to see now that more and more young adults like worldwide popular celebrities.

This

can be ascribed to some reasons and there are several specific measures that can be implemented in order to improve

this

situation. It is obvious that people can approach international TV shows easily nowadays, which can be seen

as a result

of the development of economy and technology. Compared to in

70s

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the 70s

in the

last

century, people in some

third

-world countries like Vietnam could only watch some national programs on their black and white TV; everyone now has no less than 10 international channels. Because a majority of

population

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the population

has set up cable televisions,

moreover

, the advent of social media makes every computer to be like a small entertainment world. With

this

convenient, young people only need

stay

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to stay

at home to watch gorgeous images of famous singers, movie stars… and can easily be attracted. The other important element that helps modern artists achieve the popularity among teenagers is the effective communications campaigns run by entertainment companies. These businesses are very professional when taking surveys on demand of young audiences to make artists to become a model role of

public

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the public

. Korea culture wave exemplifies

this

strategy.

Although

these celebrities and their products are very entertaining, it is

also

very important for youngsters

to have

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have

knowledge about famous people in the

history

of their country. To

this

end, it is essential to make the curriculum of

history

in schools to be more interesting. Educators can change their teaching methods, the approaches should be illustrative and lively in lieu of being theoretic.

In addition

, educational companies can design some softwares for students to interact and practice

history

knowledge they learn. In conclusion, the popularity of international stars can be attributed to the strength of technology and communication and changing teaching methods and studying tools can be effective measures to encourage students

learn

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to learn

more about famous figures in their country’s

history

.