A Culture Change Eastern Culture To Western Culture

Social and cultural change can occur when a culture in contact with foreign cultures. Social and cultural change is a symptom of the changing social structure and cultural patterns in a community. Changes that occur in accordance with nature and human nature always wants to make changes. There are three factors that can affect social change:
1. Working pressure in the community 2. Effectiveness of communication 3. Changes in the natural environment Cultural changes can also arise due because the onset of changes in society, new discoveries, and contact with other cultures. For example, the end of the ice age led to the discovery of farming system, and then provoke other new innovations in culture. Definitions of cultural changes many expressed by sociology and anthropology undergraduate, among others: a. John Lewis Gillin dan John Philip Gillin Social change is a variation of the ways of life that is received that caused by changes to geography, material culture, population composition, ideology, and because diffusion and new inventions in society. b. Samuel Koenig Culture change show on the modifications that occur in the patterns of human life. These modifications occur for reasons internal or external. c. Koentjaraningrat Culture is the whole idea and the work of human beings who should be familiarized with the study, as well as the overall result of cultivation and the work. Factors that could cause the occurrence of the change process of socialization of the population changes, new discoveries, public opposition, rebellion and reform. Modernization can change from pre-modern to modern times. Modernization includes socio-cultural process scope is so large that its boundaries can not be determined absolutely.

Factors Affecting Cultural Change Culture is something that will affect the level of knowledge and includes the system of ideas or the ideas contained in the human mind, so in everyday life, the culture is abstract. While the embodiment of cultural objects that are created by humans as cultural beings, and the behavior of objects that are tangible, such as patterns of behavior, language, equipment life, social organization, religion, art, etc. Which all of which is intended to assist humans in carrying out their social life. The entry of western culture to indonesia caused one of them because of the crisis globalization are envenom indonesia. Influence the run very fast and deal with various walks of life, of course the influence will produce such far-reaching consequences on a system culture society. So fast influence these foreign culture caused the jolts culture ( culture shock ), even a state where people can not hold various influence culture coming from outside so happen imbalance in public life concerned. The absorption element culture outer in doing quickly and not through a process internalization deep can caused the lop-sided between form in show and values into its pad or commonly known lop-sided culture . In some sort of a behavior, every civilization would affect one another. Social law applies for all of civilization, advanced societies at a time tends to have a large impact for other civilizations that develop recently . Development of advanced electronic technology, especially the entry of foreign cultures (west) has unwittingly destroyed the local culture. The lack of knowledge of cultural acculturation triggers the birth of new cultures. The entry of these cultures without screening by the community and received raw. As a result, the original culture degraded society that is extraordinary. Foreign culture into Indonesia led to a multi effect. Indonesian culture is slowly getting extinct. Various ads that drive us to live in the context of modern slang and non-traditional interests that led to many individuals who require above the interests of others. The result is the nature of individualism is increasingly likely to be a culture of daily life. This is all true terhantui cultural practices that nature will just simply fulfilling lives. The entry of foreigners into a country's culture is actually a natural thing, as long as the culture is in accordance with national identity, but we must keep our culture does not fade. Social change can be considered as a change of social phenomena that exist in society, from the individual to more complex. Social change can be viewed in terms of disruption of the continuity between the social unity, although the circumstances are relatively minor. These changes include the structure, functions, values, norms, institutions, and all aspects resulting from the interaction between people, organizations or communities, including a change in culture.

The following are examples of social change: Fashion Whether changes occur on its own fashions? Of course, fashions change it is because there are factors driving forces, such as the influx of Western culture through television. However, changes in fashion it can also occur in other areas are still isolated. Woman In Goverment When first we rarely see women who were involved in the government, now there are several important posts in government held by women. This happens because many women have higher education and society is now more open and can accept a woman leader. Communication About 20 years ago, communication between people still use letters, telegrams, etc. the last few years almost all walks of life have used handpone as a communication tool. SMS has shifted the function letters and SMS this past year has been shifted to the trend of fuel between blackberry users. Factors Affecting Cultural Change According to sources from Wikipedia, social and cultural change is a symptom of the changing social structure and cultural patterns in a society that occur because of changes in communication; way and the public mindset; other internal factors such as changes in population, new invention, the occurrence of conflict or revolution; and external factors such as natural disasters and climate change, warfare, and other community cultural influence. According to Hirschman, the boredom of the real man is the cause of the change. As mentioned above, changes in the population is one of the causes of cultural change internally, be it due to births, deaths or migration (migration). Population movement is one of the causes to be reckoned with. Usually people tend to bring the culture of immigrant origin. This causes a shift in society's culture of origin and cultural assimilation occurs. This is reinforced if the culture that brought it look more modern and more attractive. Example of external causes of cultural change is the introduction of western culture into Indonesia with a very easy like Valentine's Day celebration, April mop, and Halloween. Mass media, is one of the main means of entry of the culture and mingle with our culture. Society in general do tend to imitate things - new things that are considered sophisticated, interesting and fun, without thinking about its impact. This has been duly diwapadai. Along with the development of technology and communication that allows each person to communicate with others across regions, between islands, between countries and even between continents did not

rule out the inclusion of culture - foreign cultures and blend into society. the younger generation to maintain awareness of indigenous culture of diminishing possible loss of the original culture of every society, especially the people of Indonesia. This requires more care and concern for the people of Indonesia can maintain a culture - positive cultures that are characteristic of Indonesia in the future the future.