As an Australian and Canadian hybrid who grew up in a predominately Asian area of Melbourne, my cultural identity is all sorts of convoluted. I enjoy American television, Chinese films, Japanese cartoons and Polish video-games. My entertainment is provided to me from across the world, as a consumer, I would consider myself a global citizen'.
This idea of being a globalized consumer is becoming more and more commonplace in our society. As a late Generation-Y child, I spent my childhood during the boom of the internet. So in my life the idea of talking to someone anywhere in the world at anytime seems very common place to me. With the way that the Generation Z is going, this global culture is going to be even more ingrained in their life in the future.
My problem with this system of Globalized media is the outdated means in which we use it in. Television and region locks are a thing of the past, and only exist to fuel piracy. For example "“If we look at the top countries where Game of Thrones is downloaded, Australia comes out on top with 10.1% of all downloads (based on one episode),” TorrentFreak wrote on its blog. (article here). As an Australian I understand why this is so, as the show first aired a entire season's difference in time. Whilst the second season aired 4 weeks after America. So the Global citizens of us in Australia need a more accessible and legal way to remain Global media users.
Game of Thrones problems
The good and bad of media globalisation.
Good:
- Steam
- Netflix
- The Internet
- Spottify
- Louis C.K.
- Television
- Netflix (not a global service)
- Cinemas
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