Awang Azman Awang Pawi and Nur Yuhanis Mohd Nasir and Nik Rafidah Nik Muhamad Affendi and Hasbullah and Toyo and M. Bahri Arifin (2020) CHALLENGES IN AN INFORMED SOCIETY: THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON MALAYSIAN CULTURAL LIFE. JOURNAL OF CRITICAL REVIEWS, 7 (19). pp. 7856-7865. ISSN 2394-5125

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Abstract

The announcement of Vision 2020 marked the turning point of changes in the socio- cultural landscape in Malaysia. It leads to a view towards progress related to the introduction of Multimedia Super Corridor which brings huge implications to Malaysian into becoming informed society. Among the significant changes following this phenomenon are people becoming more IT literate and cultural globalization continues to slip in. The impact of information globalization leads to a culture known as consumer culture which is influenced by the market development of developing countries and also heaps of less valuable commodities by other countries. This is part of the globalization process. At the same time, the politics of this country receives an impact from the flow of information, thus creating a new political situation for Malaysia. Nevertheless, the ongoing globalization is a continuation of the globalization process which had started long ago in world history. The objectives of this paper are to look into the history of these changes and the impact on the cultural life of Malaysian based on socio-historical perspectives and sociological development that caused the onset of the changes

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