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Article: Cultural imperialism: an American tradition.(2004 Humanist Essay Contest Winners)
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- The Humanist
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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Travel almost anywhere in the world today and, whether you suffer from habitual Big Mac cravings or cringe at the thought of missing the newest episode of MTV'S The Real World, your American tastes can be satisfied practically everywhere. This proliferation of American products across the globe is more than mere accident. As a byproduct of globalization, it is part of a larger trend in the conscious dissemination of American attitudes and values that is often referred to as cultural imperialism. In his 1976 work Communication and Cultural Domination, Herbert Schiller defines cultural imperialism as:
the sum of the processes by which a society is
brought ...
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