P/P/10. Discuss the global information (im)balance, and how the globalising force of the media affects the concept of sovereignty of nation-states when it comes to politics and culture.

The discussion that takes place in this essay is based on this significant importance of the circulation of information and images around the globe. I will be specifically concerned with examining the power of media and how that power affects nation-states, national cultures and nationalities. Can we consider the existence of a global village/culture, or is such a consideration irrelevant? This essay will deal with those issues in two parts. The first part is concerned with the European Union, and addresses the question of how an international multi-cultural organisation deals with media and information. The second part extends the notions discussed in the first part to a global level. The EU is part of the first world and it is geographically specified, that is it has clearly defined borders and identified member states that had to have achieved a certain status in order to join the Union (either that being political, economical etc.).