Excessive use of foreign programmes for media

Name(s): 
Inability to generate sufficient culture-specific programmes
Submission to media cultural imperialism
Incidence 
Small countries may simply not possess enough actors, playwrights, or financial resources to provide even a fraction of the material demanded by media. Despite strong ethnic Malay nationalism, as a result of Western programming on local TV stations, it was claimed in 1993 that the Malaysian culture was being heavily diluted, especially among the young.
Broader 
Cultural invasion
Globalization of culture
Drawbacks to cable television
Inequality-inducing effects of communications media
Related 
Limited access to culturally adapted pedagogical material
Aggravates 
Media imperialism
Homogenization of cultures
Language as a barrier to communication
Discrimination against minority languages
Aggravated by 
Imbalance in trade of cultural products between countries
Reduced by 
Cultural arrogance
Language as a barrier to communication
Strategy(ies) 
Reducing use of foreign programmes for media
Reference(s) 
Lee, Chin-Chuan and Katz, Elihu: Media Imperialism Reconsidered: the homogenizing of television culture
Type 
(E) Emanations of other problems