Commercialization of culture

Name(s): 
Commodification of culture
Exploitation by advertising of cultural symbols
Nature 
The commodification of culture presents simplistic, packaged notions of culture and has in some case resulted in the loss of indigenous rights and culture.
Incidence 
Examples are the manufacturing and sale of souvenirs, entertainment of tourists through bastardized rituals, and the use of cultural icons in commercial endeavours.
Claim 
The advertising industry's abuse of popular songs is one of the most pernicious and distressing of all contemporary social problems. Valued associations evoked by favourite songs are displaced by imposed images of consumer products.
Broader 
Pseudo-culture
Abuse of cultural values
Proliferation of commercialism
Theft of tradition knowledge for commercial gain
Social environmental degradation from recreation and tourism
Narrower 
Abuse of traditional cultural expressions of peoples
Commercialization of symbolic cultural celebrations
Related 
Counter culture
Aggravates 
Inadequate appreciation of culture [in 1 loop]
Erosion of cultural identity
Aggravated by 
Insufficient minority culture support
Manipulation of the individual by mass media
Strategy(ies) 
Ensuring commercial rights of indigenous peoples
Protecting traditional knowledge
Resisting commercialization
Commercializing
Value(s) 
Commercialization
Type 
(D) Detailed problems