Subject: Re: concentrated ownership of US mass media

From: [email-masked] (Sonara)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 15:48:32 -0800

Article: soc.culture.japan.53459
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 In article <[email-masked]>
 [email-masked] (TANAKA Tomoyuki) writes:
 > i've noticed how homogeneous (monolithic) US mass media is compared to
 > Japanese mass media.  for example, on the US television you only see
 > American (or English-language) movies.  on Japanese TV you often see
 > programs in various European and sometimes Asian languages (subtitled
 > or bilingual).
 > 
 I am glad to know that I am not the only one who thinks this way about
 American Media.  I was able to view movies and TV programs from a
 number of different nations and cultures when I was in China.  However,
 it is quite difficult to do the same in U.S. 
 I am also a Japanese anime fan.  Anime is willing to adaptd stories
 from any culture ever existed, whereas American media has never been
 able to do so. 
 > Americans can get news (the O.J.Simpson trial) from CNN and the TIME
 > magazine, entertain themselves watching James Bond on TBS.
 > but CNN, TIME, and TBS are all owned by Ted Turner.
 >      (doesn't this remind you of George Orwell's "1984"?)
 > 

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From: [email-masked] (Bill Lambert)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 15:48:32 -0800

Article: soc.culture.japan.53480
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 In article <[email-masked]>, 
 [email-masked] (TANAKA Tomoyuki) writes:
 => i've noticed how homogeneous (monolithic) US mass media is 
 => compared to Japanese mass media.
 You've got to be kidding. Everyone in Japan reads their
 news from about 3 or 4 newspapers, and watches about 4
 TV stations (mainly). That's the entire country... the
 mass media is much more homogeneous than the U.S. when it
 comes to variety of opionion or sources.
 => for example, on the US television you only see
 => American (or English-language) movies.  on Japanese TV you 
 => often see programs in various European and sometimes Asian 
 => languages (subtitled or bilingual).
 Get cable. There are a few Spanish language channels around,
 and "The International Channel" carries films and news from
 other countries. There are also foreign films on local
 outlets from time to time. Bravo carries many Japanese
 films - subtitled not dubbed.
 => Americans can get news (the O.J.Simpson trial) from CNN 
 => and the TIME magazine, entertain themselves watching James 

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From: [email-masked] (Sonara)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 15:48:32 -0800

Article: soc.couples.intercultural.11824
First 20 lines:
 In article <[email-masked]>
 >      (doesn't this remind you of George Orwell's "1984"?)

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From: [email-masked] (Bill Lambert)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 15:48:32 -0800

Article: soc.couples.intercultural.11826
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