Why Do Popular Cultures Matter?
Under the condition of globalisation, popular cultures can be facilitated by and
also play a facilitative role in the spreading of languages. The popular cultures would attract people to learn the corresponding languages in order to better access the cultures; the increasing number of the users of major languages allows popular cultures to spread over the world. Especially in the century of new digital media and internet, popular cultures such as films, musics, books can traverse the globe woth speed and gregarity.
The flows of popular culture are not always from the center to periphery, but in a dynamic circuits of influence in which the popular cultures mix with the local cultures and they together bring the new relations among languages and cultures. We will focus more on the community that we are familiar with, Hong Kong.
also play a facilitative role in the spreading of languages. The popular cultures would attract people to learn the corresponding languages in order to better access the cultures; the increasing number of the users of major languages allows popular cultures to spread over the world. Especially in the century of new digital media and internet, popular cultures such as films, musics, books can traverse the globe woth speed and gregarity.
The flows of popular culture are not always from the center to periphery, but in a dynamic circuits of influence in which the popular cultures mix with the local cultures and they together bring the new relations among languages and cultures. We will focus more on the community that we are familiar with, Hong Kong.