Commercialization of culture

The commodification of culture presents simplistic, packaged notions of culture and has in some case resulted in the loss of indigenous rights and culture.

Examples are the manufacturing and sale of souvenirs, entertainment of tourists through bastardized rituals, and the use of cultural icons in commercial endeavours.

1. 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.

1. Theft of tradition knowledge for commercial gain
2. Social environmental degradation from recreation and tourism
3. Pseudo-culture
4. Proliferation of commercialism
5. Abuse of cultural values

1. Commercialization of symbolic cultural celebrations
2. Abuse of traditional cultural expressions of peoples

1. Inadequate appreciation of culture
2. Erosion of cultural identity

1. Manipulation of the individual by mass media
2. Insufficient minority culture support

1. Counter culture

1. Resisting commercialization
2. Protecting traditional knowledge
3. Ensuring commercial rights of indigenous peoples
4. Commercializing

1. Commercialization