AN INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN STUDIES REVISION FOR “AMERICAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY” “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” –The United States Declaration of Independence July 4‚ 1776 2009 Nguyen Nhung D07-K52 Hanoi University of Technology nguyennhung912@gmail.com Hewlett-Packard 12/13/2009
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Over the past 45 years‚ the British Invasion had a huge impact on American culture including music and art. The original members of the Beatles were John Lennon‚ Paul McCartney‚ George Harrison‚ and Pete Best. This greatest band had their small beginning‚ it started on October 9‚ 1940‚ John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool‚ England. He was raised by his aunt Mimi after his parents got a divorce. He formed his first band in 1956 known as “The Quarrymen”. He soon met Paul through one of his friends
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Literature affects the culture of different regions. The bible was mostly affected the Western culture because that is where the book in found. As for the Odyssey‚ it affects Eastern cultures. Both piece of literature use morals to convey a message. The bible tells stories and the Odyssey is a poem. The poem incorporates lessons about respect for the gods‚ obedience to the laws of hospitality‚ and love for one’s home and family. The Odyssey displays characters that respect the gods‚ and shows the
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recession many countries suffered as did New Zealand‚ out of the companies that were affected‚ among them was Air New Zealand one of New Zealand’s biggest companies. The impacts of inflation causing raised CPI‚ the rise and fall of supply and demand‚ and unemployment are just some of the causes from recession. These impacts have a huge shock on the society‚ such as the effects on the general people. Air New Zealand Ltd (2010) is an Auckland based‚ New Zealand owned airline which was originally
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a few hours of what I like to call “downtime.” This notion has without a doubt changed many times throughout American history and culture. It’s even changed in my lifetime with new technologies (I used to spend all my free time in grade school reading mystery novels). Cultures and people are constantly changing with what they want from their media. They want it to be new‚ yet not too new in fear it won’t catch on. They want it to be high tech‚ but not impossible to figure it out. They want to be
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News media Pictures are deceiving. They are often misrepresented by editors in order to make them more appealing to the viewer. For example‚ take this Big Mac from McDonalds. Here‚ advertisers have used a false portrayal of the real Big Mac to manipulate it’s viewers to want to the buy their product. Similarly to advertises misleading us‚ so too does the media in their depiction of conveying real life issues and events through the use of language features. Good morning/afternoon fellow classmates
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All throughout the world and throughout history‚ goods and ideas have been spread due to cultural diffusion‚ trade‚ and travel. During their Golden Ages‚ Greece and Rome were very prosperous in the areas of writing‚ art‚ architecture‚ and their law systems. Due to the preservation of their cultures by the Byzantine Empire‚ the law systems started by the Greeks and the Romans have impacted the world greatly. During the Atlantic Slave Trade‚ Europeans would capture and enslave Africans‚ forcing them
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How has technology over the years affected society today? My essay will contain facts and answers about cell phones and if they are helping us or not and also how smart phones are actually making us stupid. It is getting bad‚ 37% of adults have admitted to being addicted to their smart phones while 60% of children and teens have admitted to being addicted to their smart phones. And Apple isn’t exactly helping with this. They have sold 33.8 million I phones‚ 14.1 million I pads and 4.6 million
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Traditional and New Media are friends Today Mass media plays an important role in connecting the world full of people through machines whether it is Mobile‚ TV‚ Radio or Internet and computers. Mass Media has the capability and the ability to reach wide audiences with strong and influential messages which impact on the society. Now the mass media can be divided into two main categories that is traditional media (Folk‚ TV‚ Radio‚ newpaper etc.) and New Media (Internet). In Traditional Media Television
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Visual entertainment media has played a role in shaping American culture and its values in a variety of ways utilizing various methods such as television‚ video games‚ music videos‚ and the Internet. Crime‚ violence‚ fashion‚ foods‚ romance and education are just a few categories in which values can be molded or stem from by viewing visual media‚ all of which comes with both negative and positive aspects. As people watch television and surf the Internet‚ they are subjected to tons
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