Examples Of Americanization
Date: Sunday, August 12, 2012
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Class: Social Studies
What are some examples of Americanization?
Americanization is a term used for the influence of US on different countries and their cultures. This also refers to the process of acculturation by immigrants to American customs and values. Americanization was highly spread through those immigrants or the foreigners who have stayed in America for a long time. These people become Americanized, and when they go back to their home country, and people around also get influenced. American styles became familiar to the world by showing often; America is the most powerful country currently, so most things are US-related. America has influenced so many things, not just with their language, but with the things like media, culture, American business and visibility. Hollywood, located in US, changed people’s fashions, customs, scenery and way of life. Just by looking at those American styles, people seemed to be moved and change their styles as the Hollywood style. Hollywood shows a lot about American fashions, and the most well known style, casual, is one of the daily clothes. According to one survey, most of the people said that they feel more awkward with their country’s traditional styles than with America’s casual or formal clothes like dresses and tuxedo. Not just by Hollywood, Us based TV programs or movie, such as well-known program CSI and the movie ‘Gone with the Wind’ have influences. CSI, shows a lot of American life style, systems and languages. Through CSI, people get to know about FBI, and get amazed of their high knowledge. Since people hear English all the time, they might have not noticed, but most feel that English is not so strange and awkward language. Programs and movies also show American’s life style and their daily routine. By seeing them often, people’s border of cultural difference slowly breaks down. Famous American artists like Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley have influenced the world.
Name
Class: Social Studies
What are some examples of Americanization?
Americanization is a term used for the influence of US on different countries and their cultures. This also refers to the process of acculturation by immigrants to American customs and values. Americanization was highly spread through those immigrants or the foreigners who have stayed in America for a long time. These people become Americanized, and when they go back to their home country, and people around also get influenced. American styles became familiar to the world by showing often; America is the most powerful country currently, so most things are US-related. America has influenced so many things, not just with their language, but with the things like media, culture, American business and visibility. Hollywood, located in US, changed people’s fashions, customs, scenery and way of life. Just by looking at those American styles, people seemed to be moved and change their styles as the Hollywood style. Hollywood shows a lot about American fashions, and the most well known style, casual, is one of the daily clothes. According to one survey, most of the people said that they feel more awkward with their country’s traditional styles than with America’s casual or formal clothes like dresses and tuxedo. Not just by Hollywood, Us based TV programs or movie, such as well-known program CSI and the movie ‘Gone with the Wind’ have influences. CSI, shows a lot of American life style, systems and languages. Through CSI, people get to know about FBI, and get amazed of their high knowledge. Since people hear English all the time, they might have not noticed, but most feel that English is not so strange and awkward language. Programs and movies also show American’s life style and their daily routine. By seeing them often, people’s border of cultural difference slowly breaks down. Famous American artists like Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley have influenced the world.