Over the history, man has always been traveling one place to another in order to gain information and acquaint with several cultures. But in the last two decades, with the advancement of technology, one is able to be acquainted with different cultures through different mediums while sitting at home. The question of whether the alternative source of information like books, films, and the internet can be used to have information about other cultures rather than visit personally has become a much-debated issue. There are, therefore, people on both sides of the view who have an argument either for or against.
Historically, we have reached where no humans have reached before, hooked up to apps offering unprecedented exposure to the world which we live. Now we can get information of nation which is thousands of miles away from us by just a click. For example, if you want to know about the lifestyle of Eskimo, what you need is to go to any search engine like Google and you can find plenty of sites about Eskimo. Accordingly, there are manifold avenues for learning information about different cultures.
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A case in point is the anthropologist, who studies the cultural behavior of a community by physically experiencing territory. This means anyone who wants a comprehensive understanding of a culture, he must visit the land and observe the cultural pattern instead of learning from second-hand