As an engaging cultural critic, professor at New York University, and author of numerous books on the themes of education and technology, Neil Postman is well positioned to comment on the relation of technology to culture. ... The resistance fighter is aware of the advantages and disadvantages associated with technology. Technology is therefore seen as unnatural, controlling, and dangerous. ... As Postman introduced in chapter 8 ("Invisible Technologies"), the form of a question can produce many different answers. ... The idea of semantics relates to chapter 8 ("Invisible Technologies"),...

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It is important to understand the cultures of different countries in the modern world. ... Technology is the latest factor that is changing many cultures across the world. However, the Swedes are not easily changed y technology; however, they will get it for the right issues. ... For instance, technology is a major reason for cultural change in the country. ... This is because of technology which has eroded the social norms in the culture. ...

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For example, they mentor older coworkers, come up with modern ideas, and are generally more enthusiastic. ... Moreover, younger employees tend to develop modern ideas to apply to today's society. ... Technology is also another way of diversity. ...

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Interpreting Prospero's book as the symbols of a literate technology with which the ruling classes of Europe controlled the subliterates of the Third World, critics regarded that Prospero's suppression of the Caliban-Stephano-Trincilo plot emblemized the cultural invasion of the imperialist America, and The Tempest foreshadowed the fate of the deprived and cultureless local aborigines. ...

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Yes, it is indeed that the colony of Spain and Americans had a great help to prosper our country; the Spain by its legacy of Christianity and Americans by introducing the modern educational system in the Philippines. ... Well all I can say is that, nowadays it is indeed very hard for us to deal with it simply because most of us Filipinos don't even care about it, due to its modern technology and attitudes that we already attain especially in the urban areas lots of our citizens are already captive then. ...

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People also took advantage of new leisure time by going on family outings to modern amusement parks, such as Disneyland, or by taking up a hobby, such as the new paint-by-number craze. ... Tomorrowland lauded American technology and a new innovative future, Frontierland praised a mythic American frontier past, and Fantasyland stood right in the middle. ...

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In our modern world everybody talks about globalization. ... With technology breaking our Ecuadorian boundaries is time for business managers to go a step further outside of a country's frontier. ... According to Guvenli, Turgut, and Rajib Sanyal "the enormous growth in international business over the past 60 years has been accompanied by an increase in bribery" making it a trend in our modern world (1). ...

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This was the period known in Japanese history as the Meiji Restoration; after centuries of military governments which had followed a policy of enforced isolation from the outside world a revolution led to the re-establishment of imperial rule and the opening up of the country to overseas trade and technology. ... For example, there was a concern among some not to lose the soul of the nation in the rush towards modernization, which leaded to the popular slogan, "Eastern ethics, Western Science".[5] In the early 1870s, Fukuzawa was against the Christianity because he thought it could have no ser...

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Technology has now created the possibility of a global culture. ... Anyone with access to this technology can gain information concerning any part of the globe. ... Activist groups now use technology, such as the Internet and telephone, to bring together volunteers, educate about environmental and human rights activism, publicize events, and raise support for their cause (Krieger 76). ...

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A more modern example of Mary Louise Pratt's essay is the movie "The Help." ... The book also agrees with the writings of Pratt that show how it was assumed that the oppressed do not have the materials and technology to express their views. ...

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According to Edith Grossman, "The free essential exchange of literary ideas, insights and intuitions "a basic reciprocity of thought facilitated and enhanced by the translation of works from other cultures "is a decisively significant, even defining phenomenon. (52) and it attests to the need of translation in the modern world, as one of the most important features of enhancing human relations. ... The 21st century and its unique political, social and economic institutions, which owe much to the great advances in science and technology cannot deny the role of communication and language in...

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Abstract As long as languages appear, there have also been cultures. Culture is a vital part of the communication process. Consequently, it may be impossible for students to use the language appropriately without culture awareness. In fact, culture teaching in English Language Teaching has got more attention than ever before (Brooks, 1968). The aim of this paper is to identify the content, reasons and approaches culture teaching is applied in ELT classrooms. ...

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